MIACE, a human cognitive architecture

Abstract

Miace as a human cognitive architecture is a computational model that explains how a student acquires, encodes and uses domain knowledge. Because Miace takes into account the cognitive psychological laws and the environment in which the student works, it can be used as a virtual student in help systems dedicated to pedagogical formation, in intelligent tutoring systems, in cooperative learning applications and for the conception of didactic material. This paper describes the implementation of Miace and discusses the Miace theoretical components from three point of view: temporal, their roles in cognitive activity and their generic or functional forms. A comparison is done to show the originality and the contribution of Miace in user modeling.