creators_name: Taatgen, Niels A.
type: confpaper
datestamp: 1999-02-19
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:17
metadata_visibility: show
title: A model of learning task-specific knowledge for a new task
ispublished: unpub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
subjects: comp-sci-mach-learn
full_text_status: public
keywords: cognitive modelling, cognitive modeling, ACT-R, skill learning, scheduling, working memory, working memory capacity, individual differences, procedural memory
abstract: In this paper I will present a detailed ACT-R model of how the task-specific knowledge for a new, complex task is learned. The model is capable of acquiring its knowledge through experience, using a declarative representation that is gradually compiled into a procedural representation. The model exhibits several characteristics that concur with Fitt’s theory of skill learning, and can be used to show that individual differences in working memory capacity initially have a large impact on performance, but that this impact diminished after sufficient experience. Some preliminary experimental data support these findings.
date: 1999
date_type: published
refereed: FALSE
citation:   Taatgen, Niels A.  (1999) A model of learning task-specific knowledge for a new task.  [Conference Paper]    (Unpublished)  
document_url: http://cogprints.org/799/3/prepubsTCW-99-4.pdf