Instructing Students on Effective Sequences of Examples and Problems: Does Self-Regulated Learning Improve from Knowing What Works and Why?

Autor/inn/en	van Harsel, Milou; Hoogerheide, Vincent; Verkoeijen, Peter; van Gog, Tamara
Titel	Instructing Students on Effective Sequences of Examples and Problems: Does Self-Regulated Learning Improve from Knowing What Works and Why?
Quelle	In: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 38 (2022) 1, S.19-39 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (van Harsel, Milou)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-4909
DOI	10.1111/jcal.12589
Schlagwörter	Sequential Learning; Independent Study; Problem Solving; Electronic Learning; Learning Processes; Instructional Design; College Students; Student Motivation; Learning Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Didaktische Sequenzierung; Lernsequenz; Selbststudium; Problemlösen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Collegestudent; Schulische Motivation; Lernaktivität
Abstract	Nowadays, students often practice problem-solving skills in online learning environments with the help of examples and problems. This requires them to self-regulate their learning. It is questionable how novices self-regulate their learning from examples and problems and whether they need support. The present study investigated the open questions: (1) to what extent students' (novices) task selections align with instructional design principles; and (2) whether informing them about these principles would improve their task selections, learning outcomes, and motivation. Higher education students (N = 150) learned a problem-solving procedure by fixed sequences of examples and problems (FS-condition), or by self-regulated learning (SRL). The SRL participants selected tasks from a database, varying in format, complexity, and cover story, either with (ISRL-condition) or without (SRL-condition) watching a video detailing the instructional design principles. Students' task-selection patterns in both SRL conditions largely corresponded to the principles, although tasks were built up in complexity more often in the ISRL-condition than in the SRL-condition. Moreover, there was still room for improvement in students' task selections after solving practice problems. The video instruction helped students to better apply certain principles, but did not enhance learning and motivation. Finally, there were no test performance or motivational differences among conditions. Although these findings might suggest it is relatively 'safe' to allow students to independently start learning new problems-solving tasks using examples and problems, caution is warranted: It is unclear whether these findings generalize to other student populations, as the students participating in this study have had some experience with similar tasks or learning with examples. Moreover, as there was still room for improvement in students' task selections, follow-up research should investigate how we can further improve self-regulated learning from examples and practice problems. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01