A rational account of pedagogical reasoning: Teaching by, and learning from, examples

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-89

  Shafto, Patrick ^a   Goodman, Noah D ^b   Griffiths, Thomas L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BAYES THEOREM; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84897704553     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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