Research Catalog

Title

Schemas in problem solving / Sandra P. Marshall.

Author

Marshall, Sandra P.

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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Description

x, 424 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Schemas in Problem Solving explores a new theory of schema development and studies the applicability of the theory as a unified basis for understanding learning, instruction, and assessment.

Subject

• Schemas (Psychology)
• Problem solving
• Learning, Psychology of
• Word problems (Mathematics)
• Educational tests and measurements
• Association
• Problem Solving
• Memory
• Educational Measurement
• Schema's
• Probleemoplossing
• Redactierekenen
• Leren
• Creatief denken
• Résolution de problème
• Psychologie de l'apprentissage

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [406]-416) and indexes.

Contents

I. Fundamentals. 1. Schema roots. 2. The nature of a schema. 3. The schemas of arithmetic story problems -- II. Schemas and instruction. 4. Theoretical issues for instruction. 5. The Story Problem Solver and The Problem Solving Environment: Two examples of schema-based instruction -- III. Learning from instruction. 6. Learning and schema theory. 7. Learning from schema-based instruction. 8. The acquisition of planning knowledge. 9. The diagram: Marker and template -- IV. Schemas and assessment. 10. Schema-based assessment. 11. Assessment in SPS and PSE -- V. Schema models. 12. Production systems, neural networks, and hybrid models. 13. The performance model. 14. The learning model. 15. The full schema model. 16. Some concluding remarks on schema theory.

ISBN

• 9780521430722
• 0521430720
• 9780521043694
• 0521043697
• 9780511527890 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

94017590

OCLC

• ocm30544026
• 30544026
• SCSB-2057434

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library