Learning Physical Domains: Toward a Theoretical Framework.

Abstract

This paper presents a theoretical framework that is being developed in an attempt to construct a computational account of human learning of physical domains. Qualitative Process theory is used to model portions of people's physical knowledge, and structure-mapping theory is used to characterize the computations that move a learner from one representation to another. The paper outlines the component theories and proposes a learning sequence for physical domains. Keywords: cognitive modelling; qualitative reasoning; analogical reasoning; artificial intelligence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA175784

Entities

People

  • Dedre Gentner
  • Ken Forbus

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

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  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Classification
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Education
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Machine Learning
  • Military Research
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
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  • Thinking

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  • Education

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  • Artificial Intelligence

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  • AI & ML