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Processes in Acquiring Knowledge. Technical Report No. 1.

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Title:	Processes in Acquiring Knowledge. Technical Report No. 1.
Authors:	Collins, Allan, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
Peer Reviewed:	N
Page Count:	63
Publication Date:	1976
Sponsoring Agency:	Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA. Personnel and Training Research Programs Office.
Document Type:	Book
Descriptors:	Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Critical Thinking, Hypothesis Testing, Logical Thinking, Programed Tutoring, Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods
Abstract:	A theory of Socratic tutoring was developed in the form of pattern-action rules for a computer program. The rules were derived from analyses of a variety of tutorial dialogs. The 23 rules were designed to formalize causal knowledge and reasoning, and they included such abilities as forming hypotheses, distinguishing between necessary and sufficient conditions, making uncertain predictions, determining the reliability and limitations of these predictions, and asking the right question when there is not enough information to make a prediction. (EMH)
Entry Date:	1976
Accession Number:	ED116705
Database:	ERIC

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Abstract:	A theory of Socratic tutoring was developed in the form of pattern-action rules for a computer program. The rules were derived from analyses of a variety of tutorial dialogs. The 23 rules were designed to formalize causal knowledge and reasoning, and they included such abilities as forming hypotheses, distinguishing between necessary and sufficient conditions, making uncertain predictions, determining the reliability and limitations of these predictions, and asking the right question when there is not enough information to make a prediction. (EMH)