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Landa
Algo- Heuristic Theory
Landa's theory deals with modeling expert performance and
the underlying internal processes of the expert, in order
to create instructional and training methods.
There are several goals of the theory including teaching
general methods of thinking, facilitating higher-order
thinking skills and teaching learners to use the same
mental processes, which may often be hidden, for situations
that have similar logical structures. If the internal
processes of the expert can be identified and broken down
into their components, the expertise can be taught to
others. Mental operations, physical processes, and units of
knowledge were the elements to be determined and
reproduced.
Landa proposed that operations had to be executed in a
well-structured sequence (algorithm) for the strategy to
work. In this framework, students are taught not only
information, but internal strategies, and how to elicit the
strategies of others. The contexts of language acquisition
and mathematics have been of particular interest for Landa
and others using this paradigm.
