Adaptive teaching strategies to improve individual student achievement in problem-based learning environments

  • Authors:
  • Rebecca Dennin;Philip J. Smith

  • Affiliations:
  • The Ohio State University;The Ohio State University

  • Venue:
  • ICLS '96 Proceedings of the 1996 international conference on Learning sciences
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

This study investigates the use of adaptive teaching strategies to promote learning in cooperative learning settings. The Biology Sleuth, a problem-based learning environment, was developed as a testbed to vary the distribution of critical resources and to examine the use of teaching strategies and their effects on group dynamics and individual learning. Students work in small groups, aided by various resources including a knowledge-base, each other, the software, and the teacher. This study examines the effects of applying two different teaching strategies and suggests that these strategies can have a large impact on both group dynamics and individual learning. A 35% improvement (p