HDFS 2950 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Hans Moravec, Practical Reason, Heredity
20 Sep 2016
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Are most effective when dealing with concrete information. Children master concrete operational tasks step by step, not all at once. Gradual mastery of logical concepts indicates limitations of concrete operational thinking. Experience of attending school promotes mastery of piagetian tasks. Certain informal, non-school experiences can also foster operational thought. Central conceptual structures enable children to think effectively in wide range of situations. Neo-piagetian approaches account for unevenness in cognitive development. Improves, supporting gains in planning, strategic thinking, and self-monitoring. Is influenced by combination of heredity and environmental factors. Is often deficient in children with persistent learning difficulties in reading and math. Selective: increased ability to attend only to relevant aspects of a task. Flexible: ability to flexibly adapt attention to situational requirements. Planful: increased ability to evaluate a sequence of steps in advance. Elaboration: creating relationships between pieces of information from different categories. Organization and elaboration combine items into meaningful chunks, further expanding working memory.
