Expert and novice performance in solving physics problems¶
Larkin, J., McDermott, Simon, & Simon, H. A. (1980). Expert and novice performance in solving physics problems. Cognitive Science, 4(4), 317-345.
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- Problem Space
- Problem space enables several complexity-management strategies, drawing on Larkin, McDermott, Simon, and Simon's (1980) finding that expert and novice performance differences are largely a function of how problems are represented rather than how hard the search is.
This sourceEmpirical study showing that expert physicists and novices differ primarily in problem representation—experts construct higher-abstraction states with richer operators—rather than in raw search ability.
- Problem space enables several complexity-management strategies, drawing on Larkin, McDermott, Simon, and Simon's (1980) finding that expert and novice performance differences are largely a function of how problems are represented rather than how hard the search is.
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