Adaptive fading adjusted to discourse quality is reported as more effective than fixed fading regimes for developing internal script components, but long-term evidence is lacking¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? An empirical study concluded adaptive fading tuned to discourse quality can be much more effective than fixed regimes for internal script development. → Noroozi 2018 q2 i? The review states there is no evidence for longer-term effects of adaptive fading on internal script development or transfer. → Noroozi 2018 (2)

Evidence¶

Noroozi 2018¶

Noroozi, O., Kirschner, P. A., Biemans, H. J. A., & Mulder, M. (2018). Promoting Argumentation Competence: Extending from First- to Second-Order Scaffolding Through Adaptive Fading. Educational Psychol Rev, 30, 153–176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-017-9400-z

q2 · i? · theoretical · r3

The review reports an empirical study by Tsovaltzi et al. (2010) concluding adaptive fading "continuously adjusted to the quality of discourse activities can be much more effective than fixed regimes"; no effect size is printed.

"the conclusion was drawn that adaptive fading in which external script components are continuously adjusted to the quality of discourse activities can be much more effective than fixed regimes for the development of learners 'internal script components"

Noroozi 2018 (2)¶

Noroozi, O., Kirschner, P. A., Biemans, H. J. A., & Mulder, M. (2018). Promoting Argumentation Competence: Extending from First- to Second-Order Scaffolding Through Adaptive Fading. Educational Psychol Rev, 30, 153–176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-017-9400-z

q2 · i? · theoretical · r3

The authors state plainly that "there is no evidence for longer-term effects of adaptive fading", limiting the scope of the adaptive-fading advantage to the short term.

"there is no evidence for longer-term effects of adaptive fading on developing an internal script, and for application of the acquired argumentation competence in similar learning situations"

Discussion¶

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