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Hallinen, Nicole R.; Booth, Julie L. – Grantee Submission, 2018
5th graders (n=527) were randomly assigned to self-explain worked examples (WE) or solve problems during a yearlong study. WE students learned more algebra skills when given algebra worked examples on an end-of-year transfer measure. Comparing attempts, conceptual, and mechanical correctness by condition, results demonstrated that the condition…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Transfer of Training, Algebra, Elementary School Students
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Chrysikou, Evangelia G.; Weisberg, Robert W. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2005
Two experiments examined possible negative transfer in nonexperts from the use of pictorial examples in a laboratory design problem-solving situation. In Experiment 1, 89 participants were instructed to "think aloud" and were assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: (a) control (standard instructions), (b) fixation (inclusion of a problematic…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Protocol Analysis, Participant Characteristics, Design