Shared control over task or problem selection between learner and system yields better learning outcomes than full system control¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2–q3
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Initial data from Corbalan et al. (2006) indicate higher learning scores with shared instructional control than with full system control. → Garvin Brod 2023 q3 i? In a classroom experiment, shared control over problem selection led to better learning outcomes than fully system-controlled problem selection, with effects on problem-selection strategy knowledge but no transfer to future learning contexts. → Garvin Brod 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

Garvin Brod 2023¶

Garvin Brod, Natalia Kucirkova, Joshua Shepherd, Dietsje Jolles, Inge Molenaar. (2023). Agency in Educational Technology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Implications for Learning Design. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09749-x

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports initial data from the Corbalan et al. (2006) study of a personalized task-selection model with shared instructional control, in which an algorithm preselects a task subset and learners make the final selection. It reports "higher learning scores with shared instructional control than with full system control."

"Initial data from the research group (Corbalan et al., 2006) indicate higher learning scores with shared instructional control than with full system control."

Garvin Brod 2023 (2)¶

Garvin Brod, Natalia Kucirkova, Joshua Shepherd, Dietsje Jolles, Inge Molenaar. (2023). Agency in Educational Technology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Implications for Learning Design. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09749-x

q3 · i? · review · r2

The review reports a classroom experiment by Long and Aleven (2016) in intelligent tutoring systems, where mastery-level information guided learners' selection of practice activities. Shared control "led to better learning outcomes than fully system-controlled problem selection."

"In a classroom experiment, Long and Eleven (2016) showed that shared control over problem selection led to better learning outcomes than fully system-controlled problem selection."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Shared control combined with high task variability improved transfer, while system control was better under low variability — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• System-controlled adaptive instruction does not necessarily yield higher transfer than nonadaptive static approaches — related