Learning Cycle

• One of the key concepts explained in The Intellectual Production of Engineers. (1.1) Learning Cycle.

  • study is a repetition of information gathering, modelling (e.g. a system, etc.), [verification
  • information gathering :
    • concrete Gathering information about the target
  • Including actually personal experience doing, etc.
  • modelling (e.g. a system, etc.) :
    • Creating model by abstraction.
  • Discovering patterns from the specific information collected (Finding Patterns , Discovering Patterns )
    • Understanding feeling = Acquire a model feeling of being able to do it.
  • verification :
  • Understanding is a hypothesis.
  • To experiment is to practice, to apply the hypothesis.
  • Seeing the results of doing it will validate whether your understanding was correct or not.

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relevance - What is the first step in the learning cycle?

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Fig: Learning process is a repetition of three phases: information gathering, modeling, verification

• 具体 = concrete phase
  • 情報収集 = information gathering
  • 体験 = experience
• 抽象 = abstract_2 phase
  • 抽象化 = abstraction
  • モデル化 = modeling
  • パターンの発見 = pattern discovery
• 応用 = application phase
  • 実践 = practice
  • 検証 = verification

cycle of learning