Connectionists: Conceptual Questions about Neural Nets

[David H Kirshner]

I’m working on a book about the relation of learning theories to teaching practices, with a chapter devoted to neural nets as a model of skill learning. I have been digging into the literature, but not finding conceptual generalizations I need that span the various models (supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement) through which neural nets are operationalized. I’ve generated a set of questions and conjectures that I’m not finding answered in the literature. If you like to think about neural nets beyond the technical and implementation issues, please contact me. I have some research funds available that I can use to compensate you for your time. 

David Kirshner

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David Kirshner, Professor
Mathematics Education
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Louisiana State University
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