Knowledge Organization and the Acquisition of Procedural Expertise.

Abstract

The influences of the organization of a declarative knowledge base of the development and application of proceduralized knowledge was investigated in a complex troubleshooting domain. Although the two explanatory structures led to similar training performance, the two groups differed significantly in their overall level of performance in subsequent troubleshooting problems. Examination of objective measures of troubleshooting performance and think-aloud protocols indicated the breadth-first declarative knowledge representation fosters the use of mental models during problem solving in training. It also facilities proceduralization of that knowledge into fast and accurate methods for localizing faults. Keywords: Electronics; Army research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA195519

Entities

People

  • Colleen Zeitz
  • Kathryn T. Spoehr

Organizations

  • BBN Technologies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Causal Reasoning
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Educational Psychology
  • Information Processing
  • Instructional Materials
  • Learning
  • Military Research
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics