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Erroneous Examples Versus Problem Solving: Can We Improve How Middle School Students Learn Decimals?

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Worked examples have been found to be effective tools in reducing cognitive load and supporting learning.Erroneous examples are worked examples that include incorrect steps and are intended to help students learn how to identify important principles and errors to avoid.The current study examines whether using erroneous examples in an online intelligent tutoring system can help middle-school children learn decimals beyond simple problem solving with feedback.Results showed that although students did not differ between the two conditions on an immediate posttest, students in the erroneous examples group performed better on a delayed posttest.This suggests that working with errors, and thus processing the decimal problems at a deeper level, helped students retain more about decimals and build upon that understanding over time.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: Deanne Adams, Bruce M. McLaren, Kelley Durkin, Richard E. Mayer, Bethany Rittle‐Johnson, Seiji Isotani, Martin van Velsen

Language: English

Topic: Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education

Award: SLC Center: Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center: Studying Robust Learning with Learning Experiments in Real Classrooms

OpenAlex ID: W2398533122

FWCI: 0.291

Cites: 16

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10