Interleaved Practice in Multi-Dimensional Learning Tasks: Which Dimension Should We Interleave?

Autor/inn/en	Rau, Martina A.; Aleven, Vincent; Rummel, Nikol
Titel	Interleaved Practice in Multi-Dimensional Learning Tasks: Which Dimension Should We Interleave?
Quelle	In: Learning and Instruction, 23 (2013), S.98-114 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0959-4752
DOI	10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.07.003
Schlagwörter	Visual Aids; Intelligent Tutoring Systems; Grade 5; Grade 6; Elementary School Students; Mathematics Instruction; Elementary School Mathematics; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anschauungsmaterial; Intelligentes Tutorsystem; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik
Abstract	Research shows that multiple representations can enhance student learning. Many curricula use multiple representations across multiple task types. The temporal sequence of representations and task types is likely to impact student learning. Research on contextual interference shows that interleaving learning tasks leads to better learning results than blocked practice, but this research has not investigated whether it matters on which dimension we interleave learning tasks. Many educational materials include multiple task types and multiple representations. Should we interleave representations or task types? We conducted a classroom experiment to investigate the effects of interleaving task types (while blocking representations) and interleaving representations (while blocking task types). The participants (158 5th- and 6th-graders) worked with a corresponding version of an intelligent tutoring system for fractions. Our results show an advantage for interleaving task types over interleaving representations. These results extend prior work on contextual interference by showing that this effect is sensitive to the dimension being interleaved. We also extend the literature on learning with multiple representations by investigating the effect of interleaved practice with different representations. The results provide guidance to designers of complex curricula. (Contains 7 tables and 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10