Learning from examples is a very effective means of initial cognitive skill acquisition. There
is an enormous body of research on the specifics of this learning method. This article …

Robust knowledge serves as a common instructional target in academic settings. Past
research identifying characteristics of experts' knowledge across many domains can help …

The way that we assess and overcome problems is an essential part of everyday life.
Problem Solving provides a clear introduction to the underlying mental processes involved …

A gulf exists between prior work testing metacognitive instructional interventions and teacher
practices that may support metacognition in the classroom. To help bridge this gulf, we …

Analogy is a powerful tool for fostering conceptual understanding and transfer in STEM and
other fields. Well‐constructed analogical comparisons focus attention on the causal …

The effects of technology acceptance and innovation diffusion behaviors on information and
communications technology-enabled teaching/learning systems (ITLS) adoption attract …

Often in school, at university, or in further education abstract concepts and principles are
taught without providing the opportunity to elaborate on how to apply this abstract …

This research is focused on how to support students' acquisition of program construction
skills through worked examples. Although examples have been consistently proven to be …

Inspired by evidence-based medicine, many researchers in the field of learning and
instruction assume that meta-analyses are the best scientific information source to inform …

This article discusses the relevance of the worked-example effect for mathematics
education. This effect refers to the finding that, in initial cognitive skill acquisition, students …