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Ansari, Fazel; Seidenberg, Ulrich – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
This paper discusses the complementarity of human and cyber physical production systems (CPPS). The discourse of complementarity is elaborated by defining five criteria for comparing the characteristics of human and CPPS. Finally, a management portfolio matrix is proposed for examining the feasibility of optimal collaboration between them. The…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cybernetics, Feasibility Studies, Human Factors Engineering
Lindstrom, Berner – 1983
The work of English cybernetician Gordon Pask on learning styles and strategies is presented. An attempt is made to describe the basic ideas of Conversation Theory, Pask's general theory of cognition. The learning strategies "holism" and "serialism," and the more general learning styles "comprehension learning" and…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Style, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cybernetics
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Kyler, David Clinton – Journal of Environmental Education, 1984
Discusses conceptual models of thought that have recently emerged to confront the conventional approaches to analysis and solution to complex environmental problems. In addition to a critical attack on the tradition of specialization and reductionism, several models are summarized that originated from ecology, cybernetics, and system theory. (BC)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cybernetics, Decision Making, Ecology
Von Glasersfeld, Ernst – Scientific Reasoning Research Institute Newsletter, 1988
States that constructivism is a theory of knowledge which asserts that knowledge is not primarily received, but actively built, and that the function of cognition is adaptive and serves the organization of the experiential world. Gives a brief history and discusses impact of the constructivist approach. (RT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, College Science