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2 How Experts Differ from Novices | How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition | The National Academies Press

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People who have developed expertise in particular areas are, by definition, able to think effectively about problems in those areas. Understanding expertise is important because it provides insights into the nature of thinking and problem solving. Research shows that it is not simply general abilities, such as memory or intelligence, nor the use of general strategies that differentiate experts from novices. Instead, experts have acquired extensive knowledge that affects what they notice and how they organize, represent, and interpret information in their environment. This, in turn, affects their abilities to remember, reason, and solve problems. This chapter illustrates key scientific findings that have come from the study of people who have developed expertise in areas such as chess, physics, mathematics, electronics, and history. We discuss these examples not because all school children are expected to become experts in these or any other areas, but because the study of expertise sho

Read "How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition" at NAP.edu How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (2000) Chapter: 2 How Experts Differ from Novices Get this book Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. << Previous Chapter: II LEARNERS AND LEARNING Page 31 Share Cite Bookmark Suggested Citation: "2 How Experts Differ from Novices." National Research Council. 2000. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition . Washington, DC: The Na

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