Solution quality correlates with conceptual knowledge and gap awareness only for individual problem solvers¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
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q3 i? In exploratory condition-wise correlations, quality of solutions was significantly associated with awareness of knowledge gaps and conceptual knowledge in the individual condition but not in the collaborative condition. → Charleen Brand 2023

Evidence¶

Charleen Brand 2023¶

Charleen Brand, Christian Hartmann, Katharina Loibl, Nikol Rummel. (2023). Do students learn more from failing alone or in groups? Insights into the effects of collaborative versus individual problem solving in productive failure. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-023-09619-7

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Exploratory Pearson correlations computed separately per condition (Table 4): for PF IND, quality correlated with gap awareness (r = −0.48, p < 0.001) and conceptual knowledge (r = 0.46, p < 0.001); for PF COLL neither correlation was significant.

"The exploratory correlational analyses revealed that quality of solutions was significantly associated with awareness of knowledge gaps and conceptual knowledge after instruction for the individual condition, but not for the collaborative one"

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Related Claims¶

• Collaborative and individual problem solving in traditional PF do not differ in conceptual knowledge after instruction — related
• Awareness of knowledge gaps and curiosity do not mediate the effect of collaboration on conceptual knowledge in PF — related
• Neither the quantity nor the quality of PF students' own solution attempts correlated with their conceptual knowledge acquisition — related
• Number of canonical components in students' PF solutions correlates with conceptual knowledge, but the range of distinct components does not — related
• Solution quality does not mediate the effect of collaboration on conceptual knowledge in PF — related
• Solution quantity does not mediate the effect of collaboration on conceptual knowledge in PF — related
• PF students reported more awareness of knowledge gaps than example observers, but awareness of knowledge gaps did not correlate with conceptual knowledge acquisition — related