Assistance and task difficulty imply an inverted U-shaped relation to learning progress¶
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q2 i? Studies on the assistance dilemma generally imply an inverted U-shaped relationship between task difficulty (after assistance) and learning progress: too little assistance blocks progress, too much prevents deep processing. → Leonard Tetzlaff 2021
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Leonard Tetzlaff 2021¶
Leonard Tetzlaff, Florian Schmiedek & Garvin Brod. (2021). Developing Personalized Education: A Dynamic Framework. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09570-w
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The review reports, citing work on the assistance dilemma, that quicker or easier task progress does not necessarily translate to increased learning gains, and that extensive assistance should be provided for new, difficult tasks and gradually reduced as expertise grows (Kalyuga et al. 2003).
"Studies on the assistance dilemma (Koedinger et al. 2008) generally imply an inverted U-shaped relationship between task difficulty (after assistance) and learning progress"
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Assistance and task difficulty imply an inverted U-shaped relation to learning progress |
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Assistance and task difficulty imply an inverted U-shaped relation to learning progress |
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