Schemas in Problem Solving

Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Fundamentals: 1. Schema roots 2. The nature of a schema 3. The schemas of arithmetic story problems Part 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 Part 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 Part IV. Schemas and Assessment: 10. Schema-based assessment 11. Assessment in SPS and PSE Part 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 Notes References Name index Subject index.