Abstract
Cognitive skill acquisition is acquiring the ability to solve problems in intellectual tasks, where success is determined more by subjects' knowledge than by their physical prowess. This review considers research conducted in the past ten years on cognitive skill acquisition. It covers the initial stages of acquiring a single principle or rule, the initial stages of acquiring a collection of interacting pieces of knowledge, and the final stages of acquiring a skill, wherein practice causes increases in speed and accuracy.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 513-539 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | Annual Review of Psychology |
| Volume | 47 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Acquisition
- Cognitive skill acquisition
- Practice effects
- Problem solving
- Transfer
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)