{"pk":31341,"title":"Validating COGNITIO by Simulating a Student Learning to Program in Smalltalk","subtitle":null,"abstract":"We describe COGNITIO, a computational theory of learning and cognition, and provide evidence of its psychological validity by comparing the protocols of a student learning to program in Smalltalk against a COGNTTIO-based computer simulation of the same. COGNITIO is a production system cognitive architecture that accounts parsimoniously for human learning based on three learning mechanisms: schema formation, episodic memory, and knowledge compilation. The results of simulation support the validity of COGNITIO as a computational theory of learning and cognition. W e also draw some implications of COGNITIO for the teaching of complex problem solving skills.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Talks","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9032z055","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Yam","middle_name":"San","last_name":"Chee","name_suffix":"","institution":"National University of Singapore","department":""},{"first_name":"Taizan","middle_name":"","last_name":"Chan","name_suffix":"","institution":"National University of Singapore","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1992-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/31341/galley/22410/download/"}]}