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connectionismIn cognitive science, an approach that proposes to model human information processing in terms of a network of interconnected units operating in parallel. The units are typically classified as input units, hidden units, or output units. Each unit has a default activation level that can vary as a function of the strength of (1) the inputs it receives from other units, (2) the different weights associated with its connections to the other units, and (3) its own bias. Connectionism, unlike traditional computational models in cognitive science, holds that information is distributed throughout entire networks instead of being localized in functionally discrete, semantically interpretable states. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The instructor should guide the learners through the application of a variety of learning theories especially the connectionism theory of Thorndike and Gagne's theories of leaning conditions among others. are among the most vociferous critics of connectionism. This perspective is used to support the notion of a spiral curriculum which takes connectionism into account by returning periodically to concepts at a later time, when more knowledge, maturity, and understanding have been gained by the learner and by allowing the concepts to be expanded upon at this later time. |
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