When Should Guidance Be Presented During Physics Instruction? (ICPSR 35626)

Version Date: Dec 12, 2014

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Principal Investigator(s):
Chih-yi Hsu, University of New South Wales (Australia). School of Education; Slava Kalyuga, University of New South Wales (Australia). School of Education; John Sweller, University of New South Wales (Australia). School of Education

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35626.v1

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Summary

It is often recommended that providing students with explicit instruction by, for example, using a worked example to show them directly how to solve a problem may be more beneficial for transfer performance after learners attempt to solve the problem first on their own rather than presenting the worked example first. There is a concern, however, that the studies that have indicated a problem solving first advantage have often used mismatched manipulations between experimental groups such as adopting different learning materials between the groups in the learning phase. The current experiments compared example-problem and problem-example sequences in physics learning using strictly controlled conditions with examples and problems identical for both sequences and the order of activities as the only variable that was altered. The study also investigated the effect of presenting principle-based information as a form of instructional explanations to supplement worked examples or problems. The results supported the general conclusion that learning is facilitated by the early rather than later use of explicit guidance that prioritizes worked examples and by providing learners with other information that they may require to successfully solve transfer problems.

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Hsu, Chih-yi, Kalyuga, Slava, and Sweller, John. When Should Guidance Be Presented During Physics Instruction? Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-12-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35626.v1

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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

High school students.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Source

Classroom testing administered via paper and pencil.

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Original Release Date

2014-12-12

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Hsu, Chih-yi, Slava Kalyuga, and John Sweller. When Should Guidance Be Presented During Physics Instruction?. ICPSR35626-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-12-12. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35626.v1

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