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Title | ||
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Combining Exploratory Learning With Structured Practice to Foster Conceptual and Procedural Fractions Knowledge |
Abstract | ||
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Robust domain knowledge consists of conceptual and procedural knowledge. Thetwo types of knowledge develop together, but are fostered by different learning tasks.Exploratory tasks enable students to manipulate representations and discover the underlyingconcepts. Structured tasks let students practice problem-solving procedures step-by-step.Educational technology has mostly relied on providing only either task type, with a majority oflearning environments focusing on structured tasks. We investigated in two quasi-experimentalstudies with 8-10 years old students from UK (N = 121) and 10-12 years old students fromGermany (N = 151) whether a combination of both task types fosters robust knowledge morethan structured tasks alone. Results confirmed this hypothesis and indicate that students learningwith a combination of tasks gained more conceptual knowledge and equal proceduralknowledge compared to students learning with structured tasks only. The results illustrate theefficacy of combining both task types for fostering robust fractions knowledge. |
Year | Venue | DocType |
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2016 | ICLS | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 0 |
Authors | ||
7 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikol Rummel | 1 | 0 | 7.10 |
| Manolis Mavrikis | 2 | 273 | 41.97 |
| Michael Wiedmann | 3 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Katharina Loibl | 4 | 12 | 4.59 |
| Claudia Mazziotti | 5 | 6 | 2.89 |
| Wayne Holmes | 6 | 25 | 5.74 |
| Alice Hansen | 7 | 23 | 4.34 |