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Direct linkSiler, Stephanie Ann; Klahr, David – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
One obstacle to understanding abstract concepts such as the "control of variables" strategy (CVS) is the tendency for learners to focus on surface rather than deep features in instructional materials. However, in tasks such as learning CVS, these same surface features may also support understanding, provided learners realize the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Learning, Science Experiments, Research Design
Download full textSiler, Stephanie A.; Klahr, David; Willows, Kevin; Magaro, Cressida – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
A central goal of instruction is to enable learners to transfer acquired knowledge to appropriate future situations. One factor that likely promotes far transfer is conceptual coherence (cf. Murphy & Medin, 1985). For elementary and middle-school school children in middle-high-SES schools, "explicit" instruction on the Control of…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Computer Assisted Instruction, Transfer of Training, Socioeconomic Status
