Integrated learning environments combining instruction-oriented and problem-oriented design principles

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The article applies the concept of integrated learning environments (Reinmann & Mandl, 2006), which "combine elem ents from instruction-oriented and problem-oriented learning approaches in an effort to maximize their respective advantages and to minimize their disadvantages". Instruction-oriented principles included elaborative sequencing of increasing complexity and structure-emphasizing example sets; problem-oriented principles included authentic, relevant tasks and multiple perspectives to avoid inert knowledge. The learning environment operationalized this with twelve worked examples based on a real study.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Worked examples must be contextualized in authentic, relevant tasks when transferred to ill-structured domains

Constraints

• The article notes results can only be attributed to the combination of the described didactic methods, as the approach was not experimentally varied

Target Learners

• advanced university students in educational science

Learning Goals

• applicable knowledge for interpreting empirical results
• transfer of statistical knowledge to new problems

Claims

• Worked Examples Improve Near Transfer Research Methods [+M]
• Elaboration Intervention Necessary Far Transfer [+M]

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Examples

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Key Sources

• Kai Wagner, Martin Klein, Eric Klopp, Thomas Puhl & Robin Stark. (2013). Effects of Instruction-Supported Learning with Worked Examples in Quantitative Method Training. Higher Education Studies, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.5539/hes.v3n3p1

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title	Integrated learning environments combining instruction-oriented and problem-oriented design principles
description	The article applies the concept of integrated learning environments (Reinmann & Mandl, 2006), which "combine elem ents from instruction-oriented and problem-oriented learning approaches in an effort to maximize their...
status	review
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