Final Report for Contract N00014-78-C-0022 for the Period 1 October 1977-30 September 1980.
Abstract
This project examined processes of informal reasoning and relationships between informal and formal reasoning in problem solving. One set of studies focused on relationships between knowledge of problem-solving procedures and knowledge of general conceptual relationships. We have specified ways in which problem-solving performance can be influenced, and problem-solving procedures can be understood, because of their relationships to conceptual knowledge in the form of schemata. The second set of studies was concerned with relationships between general formal principles and cognitive procedures. Contributions included a method for formally analyzing relationships between procedures and constraints, and a theoretical and empirical analysis of understanding the principle of formal deductive consequence in the context of geometry proof problems. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 26, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA095138
Entities
People
- James G. Greeno
Organizations
- University of Pittsburgh