The worked-example effect: Not an artefact of lousy control conditions |
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Authors: | Rolf Schwonke Alexander Renkl Carmen Krieg Jörg Wittwer Vincent Aleven Ron Salden |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Educational and Developmental Psychology, University of Freiburg, Engelbergerstraße 41, D-79085 Freiburg, Germany;2. Leibniz Institute for Science Education, University of Kiel, Ohlshausenstraße 62, D-24098, Kiel, Germany;3. Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 300 South Craig Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA |
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Abstract: | Recently it has been argued that the worked-example effect, as postulated by Cognitive Load Theory, might only occur when compared to unsupported problem-solving, but not when compared to well-supported or tutored problem-solving as instantiated, for example, in Cognitive Tutors. In two experiments, we compared a standard Cognitive Tutor with a version that was enriched with faded worked examples. In Experiment 1, students in the example condition needed less learning time to acquire a comparable amount of procedural skills and conceptual understanding. In Experiment 2, the efficiency advantage was replicated. In addition, students in the example condition acquired a deeper conceptual understanding. The present findings demonstrate that the worked-example effect is indeed robust and can be found even when compared to well-supported learning by problem-solving. |
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Keywords: | Example-based learning Problem-solving Tutoring Cognitive Tutors Intelligent tutoring systems |
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