Worked example effects in individual and group work settings
By Endah Retnowati, Paul Ayres, John Sweller. 2010
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This study compared the effects of worked example and problem‐solving approaches in individual or group work settings on learning to solve geometry problems. One hundred and one seventh graders from Indonesia were randomly allocated to four experimental groups using a 2 (problem‐solving vs. worked examples) × 2 (individual vs. group study) design. Performance measures on numeric and reasoning abilities using both similar and transfer tasks were collected. The results indicated a significant superiority of the worked example approach in both the individual and group work settings. Supporting data revealed that students could understand the material more easily using worked examples than when solving problems. The experiment provided evidence that the advantage of using worked examples over solving problems extends to a group work context.
Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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In Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Fred Paas
- John Sweller
- J. V. van Merriënboer
- Paul Ayres
- Tamara van Gog
- Endah Retnowati
- H. Choi
- Slava Kalyuga
In Education
- J. V. van Merriënboer
- Fred Paas
- John Sweller
- Paul Ayres
- Endah Retnowati
- H. Choi
- Tamara van Gog
- Roxana Moreno
In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Fred Paas
- J. V. van Merriënboer
- John Sweller
- Paul Ayres
- Tamara van Gog
- Slava Kalyuga
- H. Choi
- Endah Retnowati
Citations in the corpus
- Can Collaborative Learning Improve the Effectiveness of Worked Examples in Learning Mathematics? (2017, background): “Worked examples in general can be used in individual or collaborative learning contexts, replicating a previous finding (Retnowati et al., 2010).”
- Effects of the Physical Environment on Cognitive Load and Learning: Towards a New Model of Cognitive Load (2014, background): “Interestingly, Retnowati et al. (2010) conducted a similar study and showed that groups could benefit more from learning from worked examples rather than problem solving.”