Encapsulation and tuning are the cognitive mechanisms responsible for the transition from elaborated knowledge to simplified causal models¶
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q1 i? The transition to simplified causal models or diagnostic categories is driven by encapsulation of elaborated knowledge and tuning through inclusion of contextual information. → Schmidt 1993
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Schmidt 1993¶
Schmidt, H.G., Boshuizen, H.P.A. (1993). On acquiring expertise in medicine. Educational Psychology Review 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01323044
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The article names two cognitive mechanisms of the knowledge transition: "Encapsulation of elaborated knowledge" and "tuning through the inclusion of contextual information." Presented as a theoretical component of the expertise-development theory.
"The cognitive mechanisms responsible for this transition are: Encapsulation of elaborated knowledge into high level but simplified causal models or even diagnostic categories and tuning through the inclusion of contextual information."
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Encapsulation and tuning are the cognitive mechanisms responsible for the transition from elaborated knowledge to simplified causal models |
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Encapsulation and tuning are the cognitive mechanisms responsible for the transition from elaborated knowledge to simplified causal models |
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