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Murray, Wayne S.; Forster, Kenneth I. – Psychological Review, 2008
J. S. Adelman and G. D. A. Brown (2008) provided an extensive analysis of the form of word frequency and contextual diversity effects on lexical decision time. In this reply, the current authors suggest that their analysis provides a valuable tool for the evaluation of models of lexical access and that the results they report are broadly…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Word Recognition, Word Frequency, Decision Making
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Dillenbourg, Pierre; Self, John – Interactive Learning Environments, 1992
Presents a conceptual framework and notation for learner modelling in intelligent tutoring systems based on the computational distinction between behavior, behavioral knowledge, and conceptual knowledge and between the system, the learner, and the system's representation of the learner. Approaches to learner modelling based on a review of the…
Descriptors: Behavior, Error Patterns, Learning Processes, Literature Reviews
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Ohlsson, S. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1993
Discusses recent advances in cognitive theory and the design of computer-based instruction and suggests implications for the design of authoring tools and tutoring system shells. Highlights include the design of courseware; advanced organizers; knowledge representation; design evaluation; models of knowledge; models of errors; and models of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Epistemology
Norman, Donald A. – 1982
Different aspects of human-machine interaction are discussed in the five brief papers that comprise this report. The first paper, "Some Observations on Mental Models," discusses the role of a person's mental model in the interaction with systems. The second paper, "A Psychologist Views Human Processing: Human Errors and Other…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Programs, Design Requirements
Bentley, Prudence A. – 1987
The objective of this paper is to explain the need for and defend the sufficiency of the child's-play method of teaching the place value notation concept to preschool and elementary school children. Discussion first illustrates error patterns of school children in the use and interpretation of place value notation, arguing that the errors reflect…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Structures, Constructed Response, Costs
Smock, Charles D., Ed. – 1977
This set of 13 research reports, bulletins and papers is a product of the Mathemagenic Activities Program (MAP) for early childhood education of the University of Georgia Follow Through Program. Based on Piagetian theory, the MAP provides sequentially structured sets of curriculum materials and processes that are designed to continually challenge…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension