The thesis hypothesises that element interactivity of materials resolves the contradiction between the worked example effect and the generation effect¶

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q1 i? The materials used to demonstrate the generation effect were hypothesised to be low in element interactivity, whereas the materials used for the worked example effect were hypothesised to be high in element interactivity. → Chen 2016

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Chen 2016¶

Chen, Ouhao. (2016). The Worked Example Effect, the Generation Effect, and Element Interactivity. PhD thesis, School of Education, UNSW. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/55865

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Theoretical argument in the thesis introduction motivating five experiments in geometry and trigonometry. The author states the contradiction "may be due to the consequences of various element-interactivity materials"; the thesis tested this hypothesis empirically.

"In this thesis, the main hypothesis was that the materials used to demonstrate the generation effect were low in element interactivity, whereas for the worked example effect, the materials used were all high in element interactivity."

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