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8 - Developing Occupational Expertise through Everyday Work Activities and Interactions

from Part II - Overview of Approaches to the Study of Expertise: Brief Historical Accounts of Theories and Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

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Stephen Billett ,
Christian Harteis  and
Hans Gruber
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K. Anders Ericsson ,
Robert R. Hoffman ,
Aaron Kozbelt  and
A. Mark Williams
K. Anders Ericsson
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Robert R. Hoffman
Affiliation:
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Aaron Kozbelt
Affiliation:
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
A. Mark Williams
Affiliation:
University of Utah
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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance , pp. 105 - 126
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Print publication year: 2018

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