RIDE instructional program with prompts in a shared simulation discovery environment

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

A computerized instructional program that teaches the RIDE collaboration rules before learners work in a shared discovery learning environment, plus pop-up prompts reminding learners of the rules during tasks. The program "consisted of a recorded computerized presentation, where the rules were explained by both audio and visual means", followed by practice with example chats and a SimQuest logical-reasoning application, and an evaluation form. In the experimental version of Collisions, a prompt pops up whenever an assignment is opened, reminding learners of one of the RIDE rules; the control group received no pop-ups. Evaluation forms showed 83% of learners mentioned they applied the rules with ease.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Learners work in dyads on separate computers with a shared interface, communicating through a chat channel, in a simulation-based discovery learning environment

Constraints

• Reading prompts takes time, which the authors note can result in finishing fewer assignments in a fixed amount of time

Target Learners

• tenth-grade pre-university physics students aged 15–17

Learning Goals

• effective communication and collaboration during collaborative discovery learning in physics

Claims

• Ride Instruction Increases Deciding Together Encouraging Activities [+M]
• Ride Instruction Increases Specific Communicative Activities [+M]

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Key Sources

• Saab, N., van Joolingen, W. R. & van Hout-Wolters, B. H. A. M. (2007). Supporting Communication in a Collaborative Discovery Learning Environment: the Effect of Instruction. Instructional Science 35:73–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-006-9003-4

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title	RIDE instructional program with prompts in a shared simulation discovery environment
description	A computerized instructional program that teaches the RIDE collaboration rules before learners work in a shared discovery learning environment, plus pop-up prompts reminding learners of the rules during tasks.
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-18
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sources	1 — saab-2007

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