Timing of cueing in complex problem-solving tasks: Learner versus system control

  • Authors:
  • Hans G. K. Hummel;Fred Paas;E. J. R. Koper

  • Affiliations:
  • Educational Technology Expertise Center, Open University of the Netherlands, Valkenburgerweg 177, 6419 AT Heerlen, The Netherlands;Educational Technology Expertise Center, Open University of the Netherlands, Valkenburgerweg 177, 6419 AT Heerlen, The Netherlands;Educational Technology Expertise Center, Open University of the Netherlands, Valkenburgerweg 177, 6419 AT Heerlen, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Task-specific cueing formats that promote the automation and construction of problem-solving schemas should ideally be presented just in time to students learning to solve complex problems. This article reports experimental work comparing learner-controlled cueing, system-controlled cueing, and no cueing among 34 sophomore law students in a multimedia practical aimed at learning to prepare and hold a plea in court. The cueing consisted of a combination of process worksheets (PW) and worked out examples (WOE). Our main hypotheses that participants with cueing would outperform those without cueing and that participants with learner-controlled cueing would outperform those with system-controlled cueing were partly confirmed by the learning and transfer outcomes on a training and transfer task. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.