The Cognitive Psychology of Knowledge - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0444899421 ISBN 13 : 9780444899422

Editeur : Elsevier Science Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

This text is the result of a seven-year (1986-1992) national research programme in cognitive science in Germany. Anchored in psychology and therefore christened Wissenpsychologie (psychology of knowledge), it has found interdisciplinary resonance, especially in artificial intelligence and education. The research programme brought together cognitive scientists from over 20 German universities, and more than 30 single projects were funded. The programme was initiated by Heinz Mandl and Hans Spada. Its main goals were to investigate the acquisition of knowledge, the access to knowledge and the modification and application of knowledge from a psychological perspective. Emphasis was placed on formalisms of knowledge representation and on the process involved. In many of the projects this was combined with computer simulations. A final but equally important goal was the development of experimental paradigms and methods for data analysis that are especially suited to investigate knowledge based processes. The research programme has had a major impact on cognitive psychology in Germany. Research groups were established at many universities and research equipment was provided. It also inspired a considerable number of young scientists to carry out cognitive research, employ modelling techniques from artificial intelligence for psychological theorizing and construct intelligent tutoring systems for education. Close contacts with cognitive scientists in the US have helped to firmly integrate the programme with international research endeavours. Each year, one or two workshops were held. The present volume is the result of the final workshop which was held in September 1992. Selected results from 17 projects are presented in this book. The volume is enriched by three guest scholars who agreed to participate in the final workshop and to comment on the chapters of the book.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The present book is a result of a seven-year (1986-1992) national research program in cognitive science in Germany, presumably the first large scale cognitive science program there. Anchored in psychology, and therefore christened Wissenpsychologie (psychology of knowledge), it has found interdisciplinary resonance, especially in artificial intelligence and education. The research program brought together cognitive scientists from over twenty German universities and more than thirty single projects were funded. The program was initiated by Heinz Mandl and Hans Spada, the main goals of which were to investigate the acquisition of knowledge, the access to knowledge, and the modification and application of knowledge from a psychological perspective. Emphasis was placed on formalisms of knowledge representation and on the processes involved. In many of the projects this was combined with computer simulations. A final but equally important goal was the development of experimental paradigms and methods for data analysis that are especially suited to investigate knowledge based processes. The research program has had a major impact on cognitive psychology in Germany. Research groups were established at many universities and research equipment was provided. It also inspired a considerable number of young scientists to carry out cognitive research, employ modeling techniques from artificial intelligence for psychological theorizing, and construct intelligent tutoring systems for education. Close contacts with cognitive scientists in the U. S. have helped to firmly integrate the program with international research endeavours. Each year, one or two workshops were held. The present volume is the result of the final workshop which was held in September 1992. Selected results from seventeen projects are presented in this book. The volume is enriched by three guest scholars who agreed to participate in the final

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0444899421
• ISBN 13: 9780444899422
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 470
• Éditeur: Strube Gerhard, Wender Karl F.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible