Expertise and skills acquisition : the impact of William G. Chase / edited by James J. Staszewski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Staszewski, James John.

Series:

Carnegie Mellon symposia on cognition.

Carnegie Mellon symposia on cognition series ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chase, William G--Criticism and interpretation.

Chase, William G.

Expertise.

Ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Psychology Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>The research on human expertise and complex skill acquisition that Wlliam G. Chase performed in the decade between publication of the classic chess studies he conducted with Herb Simon in 1973 and his untimely and tragic death has proven profoundly influential and enduring. Its impact spans disciplines that include Psychology, Computer Science, Education, Cognitive Neuroscience, Medicine, and Human Factors. It has contributed significantly to the emergence of Cognitive Engineering and has led to significant applications in the areas of training and instruction and knowledge-based ""intellig

Contents:

List of contributors

Introduction

Learning from observing an expert's demonstration, explanations, and dialogues

Cognitive engineering based on expert skill

Motivating persistence in the face of failure : equipping novice learners with the motivational tools of experts

Approaches to the study of life-span chess expertise

How do people become experts?

Chunks and templates in semantic long-term memory : the importance of specialization

Paths to discovery

Development of expertise and the control of physical action

Exceptional memory and expert performance : from simon and chase's theory of expertise to skilled memory and beyond

Expertises : remarks during a symposium honoring bill chase

The expert brain

Category-selective recruitment of the fusiform gyrus with chess expertise

Expert performance : from action to perception to understanding

Neural imaging be used to investigate learning in an educational task?

The emergence of a multi-level approach to the study of skill acquisition and expertise.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-10879-X

1-135-10880-3

0-203-07454-8

9780203074541

OCLC:

847137293