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MENTAL MODEL · M2913

Adaptive Expertise

Adaptive Expertise
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-31

CORE DEFINITION

The ability not only to efficiently solve routine problems (routine expertise) but also to flexibly adjust knowledge structures and create novel solutions when facing new situations and problems.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

The advancement of experts. Merely following the book does not make one an expert. True experts are those who can invent new rules when the old ones fail. Cultivating this ability requires constantly challenging the unknown at the edge of one's comfort zone.

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Hatano & Inagaki distinguished routine expertise (efficient execution) from adaptive expertise (the ability to innovate and transfer to new situations).

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