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Ashcraft, Mark H. – 1985
Described in the context of a computer simulation are highlights of a program of research focusing on the storage of mathematics problem solving information in young children's memory and the development of such knowledge structures in older children. Specifically discussed are the problem size effect, the network nature of the memory…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation
Rumelhart, David E.; Norman, Donald A. – 1983
This paper reviews work on the representation of knowledge from within psychology and artificial intelligence. The work covers the nature of representation, the distinction between the represented world and the representing world, and significant issues concerned with propositional, analogical, and superpositional representations. Specific topics…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Classification, Generalization, Literature Reviews
Bird, Lisa – 1986
This study examined the effect of three aspects of the testing context--physical privacy, anonymity, and offers of help from a tester--on children's expectations. Performance of 96 11-year-old boys and girls on a pictorial recall memory task in a simulated test was evaluated. The subjects were divided into eight different groups varying on the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Helping Relationship
Marshall, Sandra P.; And Others – 1987
This report describes the first of three stages in a study in the domain of problem solving: the definition and explication of schema knowledge. One objective of this research is to understand how schema knowledge is acquired and used in the chosen domain. The focus is on ways in which instruction influences the development of specific knowledge…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation, Educational Research, Elementary Education
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Ohlsson, Stellan; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1992
Proposes a theory of cognitive processes in doing and learning place value arithmetic. Discusses a computer model that simulates the learning of multicolumn subtraction under one-on-one tutoring to measure the relative difficulty of two methods of subtraction. The model predicts that regrouping is more difficult to learn than an alternative…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Computation
Tennyson, Robert D. – 1987
The third of four symposium papers argues that, if instructional methods are to improve learning, they must have two aspects: a direct trace to a specific learning process, and empirical support that demonstrates their significance. Focusing on the tracing process, the paper presents an information processing model of learning that can be used by…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Bower, Bruce – Science News, 1988
Surveys current research on learning and memory and associated brain functions. Suggests several models of olfactory recognition and memory. Explains several computer models being evaluated and lists possible flaws. Differentiates between noise and chaos in brain functions. Describes a challenge to the theory of chaos called adaptive resonance…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Computer Simulation, Computers, Learning