Generalizations Based on Explanations

This paper describes a new p ro jec t at the Un i ve rs i t y of I l l i n o i s in computer l e a r n i n g . The phenomenon under study is a kind of " i n s i g h t l ea rn i ng " of procedural schemata. The system described here is designed to grasp some p r i n c i p l e under ly ing a na tu ra l language i n p u t . The under ly ing p r i n c i p l e r esu l t s in a new schema fo r the system. Once acqu i red, the schema serves the same purpose as the other schemata in the system: i t a ids in processing fu tu re na tu ra l language i npu ts .