I've been struggling with the notion that expertise is 'simply' pattern matching. And yet it seems to have resulted in better learning outcomes in the previous year. A reflection on the challenges of this belief:
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I have the book working minds by beth crandall and inside it cites a 2004 paper by Klein and Militello and they distinguish 5 key elements that distinguish experts from beginners. there’s one element that resonates with your concepts of pattern matching.
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FWIW, Crandall is one of Klein’s collaborators. (She was the one who ran the study on the NCU nurses.) This definition of expertise is also found in Sources of Power!
So … I think you can actually skip reading the paper, since Crandall of the original authors in the group 😬
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> This def of expertise also found in Sources of Power!
might be nitpicking but this exact breakdown of expertise into 5 cognitive elements is not in the sources of power book (1999) which I have.
SoP does mention detecting patterns and anomalies and perceptual learning
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The 2004 paper is after SoP
I will try to find that paper via your suggestion
Thank you 😊