Aptitude Learning and Instruction

<p>For the previous 6 years before publication, Office of Naval Research (ONR) had been conducting a thematically oriented contract research program aimed, in large part, at developing the kind of broad theoretical framework necessary for a workable <i>process</i> interpretation of aptitude, learning, and performance. Originally published in 1980, the papers in this collection are generally addressed to three broad areas that were central to those interests of the ONR Personnel and Training Research Programs. One area is concerned with individual differences information processing, as revealed in simple laboratory or psychometric tests. The second area focuses on the structural aspects of learning and performance, using tools and concepts from semantic memory theory to describe what is learned and how it is learned. And the third area is aimed at the management of instruction: It addresses itself to the kinds of research and instructional designs required for effective implementation of adaptive instruction.</p> <p>Foreword. Acknowledgements. 14. Some Examples of Cognitive Task Analysis with Instructional Implications <i>James G. Greeno</i> 15. An Elaborative Conception of Learner Differences <i>William D. Rohwer, Jr.</i> 16. Event-Related Potentials: Approaches to Cognitive Psychology <i>Emmanuel Donchin and Jack B. Isreal</i> 17. Discussion: Process Analyses of Learning and Problem Solving <i>Henry M. Halff</i> 18. Planning Nets: A Representation for Formalizing Analogies and Semantic Models of Procedural Skills <i>Kurt VanLehn and John Seely Brown</i> 19. A Theory-Based Approach to the Study of Individual Differences in Mental Imagery <i>Stephen M. Kosslyn and Pierre Jolicoeur</i> 20. Multiple Conceptual Models of a Complex System <i>Albert L. Stevens and Allan Collins</i> 21. Complex Learning Processes <i>John R. Anderson, Paul J. Kline and Charles M. Beasley, Jr. </i>22. Discussion: Teaching, Learning, and the Representation of Knowledge <i>Donald A. Norman</i> 23. Models of Concept Formation <em>Richard B. Millward</em> 24. Learning Theory, Instructional Theory, and Adaptation <em>Thomas J. Shuell</em> 25. Discussion: Coordinating Research Topics With Instructional Requirements <em>William E. Montague</em> 26. General Discussion: Relationships Between Aptitude, Learning, and Instruction <em>Robert Glaser</em>. Author Index. Subject Index.</p>