Acquisition of cognitive skill.

@article{Anderson1982AcquisitionOC,
  title={Acquisition of cognitive skill.},
  author={John R. Anderson},
  journal={Psychological Review},
  year={1982},
  volume={89},
  pages={369-406}
}
A framework for skill acquisition is proposed that includes two major stages in the development of a cognitive skill: a declarative stage in which facts about the skill domain are interpreted and a procedural stage in which the domain knowledge is directly embodied in procedures for performing the skill. This general framework has been instantiated in the ACT system in which facts are encoded in a propositional network and procedures are encoded as productions. Knowledge compilation is the… 
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