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Darabi, Abbas; Nelson, David W. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Thirty six senior students in chemical engineering were randomly assigned to three treatment groups in an experimental study that examined the impact of different instructional strategies for troubleshooting malfunctions in a computer-based simulation of a chemical processing plant. In two groups, different types of worked examples,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Troubleshooting, Teaching Methods, Chemical Engineering