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Krueger, Kai A.; Dayan, Peter – Cognition, 2009
Humans and animals can perform much more complex tasks than they can acquire using pure trial and error learning. This gap is filled by teaching. One important method of instruction is shaping, in which a teacher decomposes a complete task into sub-components, thereby providing an easier path to learning. Despite its importance, shaping has not…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Mathematical Models

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