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In a rapidly changing world, where knowledge grows with frightening speed, there is a need for people to be able to analyze and solve problems rather than memorise facts. The complexities of today’s problems are just not amenable to the simplistic approaches so often used in schools at all levels. A result is that great pressures are being brought to bear on educators to change their approaches to instruction. This chapter describes an approach that is designed to help them. It is an approach that interfaces some AI techniques with current classroom needs and existing technology to produce a rich learning environment. Specifically, we draw upon the common observation of people involved in the construction of knowledge bases and expert systems that they themselves gain expertise in the subject matter. To turn this into an instructional benefit, we have students construct simple knowledge bases on difficult topics as a means of forcing them to think deeply about the intrinsic relationships of the topic. They then implement these knowledge bases using a simple expert system shell as a way of testing the projected relationships.
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Trollip, S.R., Lippert, R.C., Starfield, A.M., Smith, K.A. (1992). Building Knowledge Bases: An Environment for Making Cognitive Connections. In: Kommers, P.A.M., Jonassen, D.H., Mayes, J.T., Ferreira, A. (eds) Cognitive Tools for Learning. NATO ASI Series, vol 81. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77222-1_8
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