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Direct linkAshman, Greg; Kalyuga, Slava; Sweller, John – Educational Psychology Review, 2020
The concept of productive failure posits that a problem-solving phase prior to explicit instruction is more effective than explicit instruction followed by problem-solving. This prediction was tested with Year 5 primary school students learning about light energy efficiency. Two, fully randomised, controlled experiments were conducted. In the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science
