Intelligent Novice error-correction tutoring produced better delayed transfer and immediate isomorphic performance than the Expert tutor in spreadsheet learning¶
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q3 i? Intelligent Novice students scored 74% vs. 60% on delayed transfer and 88% vs. 79% on an immediate isomorphic test, both statistically reliable. → Koedinger 2008
Evidence¶
Koedinger 2008¶
Koedinger, K., Aleven, V., Roll, I., & Baker, R. (2008). In vivo experiments on whether supporting metacognition in intelligent tutoring systems yields robust learning. https://learnlab.org/
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Controlled experiment (nearly 3 hours of instruction, random assignment) comparing the Intelligent Novice and Expert Excel tutors with retention and transfer measures. IN students were "significantly (and statistically reliably) better" on both measures; percentages are printed but no effect size.
"Intelligent Novice (IN) students performed significantly (and statistically reliably) better (at 74% correct) on the delayed transfer test than students in the Expert (EX) condition (at 60% correct). IN students were also significantly better (88% vs. 79%) on an immediate test"
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Related Claims¶
- Erroneous examples improve conceptual understanding by forcing comparison with correct models. — related
- Erroneous examples do not raise general confidence calibration but yield more high-confidence correct answers on the delayed posttest — related
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Intelligent Novice error-correction tutoring produced better delayed transfer and immediate isomorphic performance than the Expert tutor in spreadsheet learning |
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Intelligent Novice error-correction tutoring produced better delayed transfer and immediate isomorphic performance than the Expert tutor in spreadsheet learning |
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