Are Worked Examples an Effective Feedback Mechanism During Problem Solving?

The results indicated that tutored problem solving is significantly better than worked examples in terms of the average gain of students in each condition. The scaffolding question tutoring also took significantly more time.

Shrestha, P., Wei, X., Maharjan, A., Razzaq, L., Heffernan, N.T., & Heffernan, C., (2009). Are Worked Examples an Effective Feedback Mechanism During Problem Solving? In N. A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1294-1299). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. (More Information)