Abstract
The acquisition of a complex skill like writing LISP code can be decomposed into the learning of an underlying set of production rules. Each production rule appears to have a simple learning trajectory and its acquisition is independent of the acquisition of other production rules. These basic results do not appear to be dependent on the instructional modality under which one learns. Learning under a more directive modality only reduces the amount of time students spend debugging their errors.
This research was supported by contracts N00014-87-K-0103 and N00014-91-J-1597 from the Office of Naval Research
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Anderson, J.R., Corbett, A.T. (1993). Acquisition of LISP Programming Skill. In: Chipman, S., Meyrowitz, A.L. (eds) Foundations of Knowledge Acquisition: Cognitive Models of Complex Learning. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 194. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3172-2_1
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