Systems Dyanmics Modeling: Memory and Learning

[Markus Eklund]

Hi,

I am a graduate student at San Diego State University (Educational
Technolgy Department), researching the training of complex cognitive
skills and am learning systems dyamics modeling.

Can anyone point me to someone (or an appropriate resource) who might
know if any models have been developed that simulate the construct of
'Prior knowledge' (or any systems models developed from research on
memory and learning)? The definition of 'prior knowledge' from which
I am working is:

The whole of the person's actual (domain) knowledge that: (a) is
available before a certain learning task, (b) is structured in schema,
(c) is declarative and procedural, (d) is partly explicit and partly
tacit, (e) and is dynamic in nature and stored in the knowledge base.

In other words, the construct 'prior knowledge' is structured (knowing
why), declarative (knowing definitions in recall or recognition),
procedural (knowing how in knowledge acquisition), strategic (knowing
when it applies), dynamic in state, and measured before a certain
learning task.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

BR,

Markus Eklund
SDSU Graduate Student
From: Markus Eklund <markus.eklund@gmail.com>

[Weaver, Elise A]

Markus,

I am not aware of any such SD model, but if you find one, I would be
interested to know about it.

There are people in SD who do dynamic decision models (e.g. Berndt Brehmer,
John Sterman), but the mix of structure and process that you are looking for
might sooner be found in models from Parallel Data Processing (McLelland and
Rumelhart) or ACT* (John Anderson).

My knowledge is very likely out of date. There may be some interesting
neural network models out there that accommodate recent findings from
cognitive neuroscience. (e.g. Tim Shallice, David Shanks) Perhaps a citation
search on the above models would point you in that direction. However, I am
not aware of any SD model that fits the tall order you present.

As you continue your lit search, I would love to hear what you find!

Sincerely,

Elise
From: ""Weaver, Elise A"" <eweaver@WPI.EDU>



Elise A. Weaver, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology/System Dynamics
Department of Social Science and Policy Studies
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609

[Paul Koch]

Hi Markus,
a few month ago, Chris Rowe and I worked with your mentioned topic in a term
paper project at the University of Bergen.


I'll attach our paper, hoping it contains some useful ideas to you.
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the author at kochp@web.de if you would like a copy]

best,
Paul
From: ""Paul Koch"" <mail.kochp@web.de>


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Paul Koch

Master in System Dynamics, Bergen, Norway

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