Learning has stages {learning stages}.
stage 1
In learning stage, students follow rules, in proper order. Rules are "if A then B" statements. Rules can send student backward or forward to another rule or switch student to another rule set.
The first learning stage is to become familiar with situation, possible actions based on abilities, and possible goals, inputs, and outputs. Playing, reading, and wide experience all contribute to first stage. Students need time to gain experience in particular area and to organize data. Students do not take such time unless personal need or goal makes student want to take time to learn.
The first rules are general hypotheses and are often abstract and verbal, coming from parents or teachers. They can also be personal rules coming from previous situations.
stage 2
In learning stage two, students find rule incompleteness or inconsistency, or find cases not covered by rules, and modify rules to make them more complete, consistent, or specific to situation, based on environment facts. New statements have "if A" clauses including environment facts and "then B" clauses telling what to do if situation has that fact. Second stage is to pair input to output relative to task.
stage 3
In learning stage three, students reorganize rules to make hierarchy and group facts and rules. Rules and facts have importance. Learner makes overall action plan.
stage 4
In learning stage four, students see many similar situations and organize the whole scene or situation into a hierarchy. Students can have 10,000 to 100,000 possible situations. Rules can recognize situations.
stage 5
In learning stage five, students integrate goal, situation, and action into unconscious process and gain confidence and competence.
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