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METAKNOWLEDGE [6 records]

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Record 1 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

Knowledge about the structure, use and control of knowledge.

DEF

Knowledge about the structure and form of the representation, about the extent and origin of expert knowledge, about the reliability of information and processes.

CONT

Explanations help the students to acquire meta-knowledge which shall enhance their reasoning capacities. In other words, these explanations shall help the students to get better control of their problem-solving capacities....

CONT

... the student’s meta-knowledge, namely the strategy and heuristics which are used.

OBS

metaknowledge : term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Connaissance sur la structure, l'emploi et le contrôle [de] connaissances [...]

CONT

La méta-connaissance est fondamentale pour des systèmes qui, non seulement utilisent leur base de connaissance telle quelle, mais savent aussi raisonner sur elle, la structurer, l'abstraire, la généraliser et enfin décider des cas où elle peut être utile.

CONT

La métaconnaissance exprime les stratégies qui per mettent d'utiliser intelligemment les connaissances. C'est le «comment faire» par opposition au «que faire».

OBS

métaconnaissance : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale].

OBS

[C'est] un puissant mécanisme de contrôle dans les systèmes experts et autres systèmes à base de connaissances.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
CONT

A constructivist account of learning ... describes a learner as doing some task, and also as reflecting upon the task and the learning. Such an account fits well ... especially with the importance we see for the development of metacognitive skills, for which the "reflecting upon" is vital.

CONT

Two recent trends in ITS ((intelligent tutoring system)) research ... are a greater emphasis on cognitive and metacognitive skill acquisition, and a move towards providing a wider range of interaction styles.

OBS

See metaknowledge, metacognition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
CONT

Comportement d'auto-estimation de la compétence : capacité métacognitive d'une personne.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2014-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
28.02.25 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

knowledge about the structure, use, and control of knowledge

OBS

Metaknowledge may be an effective control mechanism in expert systems and other knowledge-based systems.

OBS

metaknowledge : term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-28 : 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
28.02.25 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

connaissance sur la structure, l'emploi et le contrôle d'autres connaissances

OBS

Les métaconnaissances peuvent être de puissants mécanismes de contrôle dans les systèmes experts et autres systèmes à base de connaissances.

OBS

métaconnaissance : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-28:1995].

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

The skill and knowledge possessed by some humans that result in performance far above the norm. Expertise often consists of massive amounts of information combined with rules-of-thumb, simplifications, rare facts, and wise procedures in such a way that one can analyze specific types of problems in an efficient manner.

DEF

The set of capabilities that underlies the high performance of human experts, including extensive domain knowledge, heuristic rules that simplify and improve approaches to problem-solving, metaknowledge and metacognition, and compiled forms of behavior that afford great economy in skilled performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Compétence d'expert.

OBS

Propre à une personne, appelée expert, qui possède des habiletés et de la connaissance analytique dépassant la norme habituelle sur un domaine particulier. Un expert est capable de résoudre mieux et plus rapidement que quiconque un problème relatif à son domaine d'expertise. Il est aussi capable de détecter un nouveau problème de son domaine.

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
OBS

See also representational metaknowledge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
OBS

Voir représentation mentale, représentation des connaissances, et métaconnaissance de représentation.

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
OBS

See meta-heuristics, metarule, metaknowledge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Découvrir de nouvelles heuristiques supposerait la présence de méta-heuristiques manipulant les heuristiques, qui nécessiterait des méta-méta-heuristiques, et ainsi de suite.

Spanish

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