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Mind bugs : the origins of procedural misconceptions

Title
Mind bugs : the origins of procedural misconceptions / Kurt VanLehn.
Author
VanLehn, Kurt.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1990.

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Description
253 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
By careful examination of patterns evident in the errors which students make when performing arithmetical subtraction ("borrowing") the author attempts to illuminate how the brain goes about the business of acquiring procedural skills. The issues of primary interest to the author are deep, and he i.
Series Statement
Learning, development, and conceptual change
Uniform Title
Learning, development, and conceptual change
Subject
  • Problem solving in children
  • Errors
  • Problem solving in children > Computer simulation
  • Learning, Psychology of
  • Cognition in children
  • Subtraction > Psychological aspects
  • Machine learning
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Errors > Psychological aspects
  • Subtraction
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • artificial intelligence
  • Errors > Psychological aspects
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Cognition in children
  • Errors
  • Learning, Psychology of
  • Machine learning
  • Problem solving in children
  • Problem solving in children > Computer simulation
  • Subtraction > Psychological aspects
  • Computersimulation
  • Debugging
  • Denken
  • Denkfehler
  • Fehler
  • Künstliche Intelligenz
  • Lernpsychologie
  • Maschinelles Lernen
  • Methode
  • Wissenserwerb
  • Mathematik
  • Fouten
  • Probleemoplossing
  • Kinderen
  • Mathematics > Study and teaching > Psychological aspects
  • Arithmetic > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Psychological aspects
Note
  • "A Bradford book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.
ISBN
  • 0262220369
  • 9780262220361
LCCN
89012493
OCLC
  • ocm19920775
  • 19920775
  • SCSB-1747893
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library