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The difference between the performance of an expert and a novice seems not so much a matter of what the expert has been taught as of what he has learned by himself. That is, it often appears that the expert has taken the strategies taught him, and through practice has discovered ways to modify them into much more efficient and powerful procedures.
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Neches, R., Hayes, J.R. (1978). Progress Towards a Taxonomy of Strategy Transformations. In: Lesgold, A.M., Pellegrino, J.W., Fokkema, S.D., Glaser, R. (eds) Cognitive Psychology and Instruction. Nato Conference Series, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2535-2_24
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