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- Vol 4 TE: App C
progressive problem solvingadaptive expertiseadvancing expertiseself-regulationpromisingness judgmentstacit knowledgeexplicit knowledgereinvestment of mental resourcesBook Evidence summaryAt a glance
Bereiter and Scardamalia challenge views of expertise as simply accumulated knowledge, automatic skill, or exceptional talent.
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Their central idea is progressive problem solving: accomplished people reinvest the mental resources released by experience into redefining tasks, noticing deeper problems, and extending what they can do. Routine experts use efficiency to make work easier; adaptive or advancing experts seek more demanding goals and continue learning at the edge of competence. The authors draw across domains to examine pattern recognition, tacit and explicit knowledge, self-regulation, promisingness judgments, and the social conditions that support expertise. For educators, the account shifts attention from accelerating novices toward polished performance to cultivating habits of inquiry, reflection, and reinvestment.
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Learners need strong foundations, but also opportunities to identify worthwhile problems, improve methods, and treat competence as a platform for further growth.
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