---
title: "How to Learn/What to Learn"
authors:
  - "Roger C. Schank"
  - "Mallory Selfridge"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1977/2"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1977/0002.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1977
pages: "8-13"
track: "Natural Language"
keywords:
---

# How to Learn/What to Learn

Roger C. Schank, Mallory Selfridge

*Proceedings of the Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 8-13.

## Abstract

This paper discusses the kind of information that must be present in a computer program that models the linguistic development of a child. A three stage model is presented that characterizes the development of a natural language parser in a child of ages one, one and a half, and two. Some data from children of these ages is presented. General problems with respect to computer learning are also discussed. keywords: learning, child development, parsing, conceptual analysis, psychological modelling.