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Learning in ecologically valid, authentic contexts is more rapid, durable, and transferable

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1993 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Learning in contexts that are ecologically valid is often more rapid, durable, and transferable than learning isolated definitions apart from contexts of natural use. → Innwoo Park and Michael J. Hannafin 1993

Evidence

Innwoo Park and Michael J. Hannafin 1993

Innwoo Park and Michael J. Hannafin. (1993). Empirically-Based Guidelines for the Design of Interactive Multimedia. Educational Technology Research and Development, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 63-85. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30218388

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports, citing Brown, Collins, and Duguid (1989), that "learning in contexts that are 'ecologically valid' is often more rapid, durable, and transferable," because knowledge and context are inextricably tied. It cites the Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt's mathematics vignettes as systems designed to situate reasoning in authentic problems. The design implication is to anchor knowledge in realistic contexts and settings.

"learning in contexts that are "ecologically valid" is often more rapid, durable, and transferable."

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title Learning in ecologically valid, authentic contexts is more rapid, durable, and transferable
description Learning in ecologically valid, authentic contexts is more rapid, durable, and transferable
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 1993
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