Concrete models eventually break; teachers devise patches that may obscure underlying concepts, and learner reasoning at breaking points is unknown¶
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q2 i? Per Vig, Murray, and Star, teachers may devise patches to work around model limitations, and these patches may obscure the deep structure of concepts; learner reasoning when representations no longer align with concepts is unknown. → Scott C. Marley & Kira J. Carbonneau 2014
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Scott C. Marley & Kira J. Carbonneau 2014¶
Scott C. Marley & Kira J. Carbonneau. (2014). Future Directions for Theory and Research with Instructional Manipulatives: Commentary on the Special Issue Papers. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-014-9259-1
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Commentary report of Vig, Murray, and Star's (2014) analysis in the Affordance and Constraints section: "teachers may devise patches to work around the limitations of the model", which may leave the deep structure absent despite correct answers.
"According to Vig, Murray, and Star teachers may devise patches to work around the limitations of the model. These patches may obscure the underlying concepts to such a degree that although correct answers are arrived upon after performing manipulat ions the deep structure of the concept is absent."
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Concrete models eventually break; teachers devise patches that may obscure underlying concepts, and learner reasoning at breaking points is unknown |
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Concrete models eventually break; teachers devise patches that may obscure underlying concepts, and learner reasoning at breaking points is unknown |
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