Theory change via view application in instructionless learning

摘要

IE is a model of learning by experimentation in the domain of complex devices. In this paper we describe view application, the principal component of that model. This mechanism combines abstract knowledge structures into the learner's theory of the device. View application organizes complex changes in the learner's theory, thus ensuring that the space of theories is searched rapidly and that only coherent theories are tried. We evaluate the mechanism along three dimensions—its psychological validity, its generality, and its ability to constrain search. We also compare view application to other knowledge-rich learning techniques.