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| A problem plus the context in which the subject encounters the problem. |
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| No unique solution and no standard, universal method of finding the solution. |
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| The set of all possible knowledge states the solver can construct from the initial state using the legal operators. |
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| Built in mental features that allow our minds to build and execute programs |
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| The system for remembering specific events (Episodic Memory) and general facts & word meanings. (Semantic Memory) |
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| Memory for motor, perceptual and cognitive skills-our memory for procedures. |
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| Networks that store our general knowledge (web/branch graphs). When we learn something, it is grouped on these schemas |
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| Learn one thing and apply it to something else. Bring other knowledge from previous experience to understand concept. |
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| people's abilities to predict their performances on various tasks and to monitor their current levels of mastery and understanding. |
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The cognitive resource we use to execute mental operations and to remember results of those operations for short periods of time.
Limited Capacity |
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To help remember words, group them into meaningful categories to help remember.
Ex. "dog,cat,carrots, peas, gold, diamonds" --> Animal, Vegatable, mineral. |
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- Building on what children know and extending their competencies.
Steps for scaffolding:
- interesting the child in the task
- simplifying the task into manageable components
- continued motivation of the child through the task
- marking discrepancies between answer and response
- controlling frustration
- demonstrating an idealized version of task
"Where before there was a spectator, let there now be a participant."
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| Is a weak method that chooses intelligent next moves on a problem if the problem requires progress along a single dimension. |
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| identifies several differences between the current situation and the goal, then picks an action or an operator that will reduce one or more of those differences. |
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| part of the declarative memory; contains specific events |
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