A rational account of pedagogical reasoning: teaching by, and learning from, examples.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 0241111 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1095-5623 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00100285 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cogn Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: <2000- > : Amsterdam : Elsevier
      Original Publication: San Diego, CA : Academic Press.
    • Subject Terms:
      Concept Formation* ; Knowledge* ; Learning* ; Problem Solving*; Bayes Theorem ; Humans
    • Abstract:
      Much of learning and reasoning occurs in pedagogical situations--situations in which a person who knows a concept chooses examples for the purpose of helping a learner acquire the concept. We introduce a model of teaching and learning in pedagogical settings that predicts which examples teachers should choose and what learners should infer given a teacher's examples. We present three experiments testing the model predictions for rule-based, prototype, and causally structured concepts. The model shows good quantitative and qualitative fits to the data across all three experiments, predicting novel qualitative phenomena in each case. We conclude by discussing implications for understanding concept learning and implications for theoretical claims about the role of pedagogy in human learning.
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Bayesian model; Learning; Teaching
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20140311 Date Completed: 20150413 Latest Revision: 20140428
    • Publication Date:
      20240628
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.cogpsych.2013.12.004
    • Accession Number:
      24607849