David C Hollock, Nicholas J Brunsink, Austin B Whittaker, Andrew Lawson, Toni B Pence, Brittany Morago, Elham Ebrahimi, James Stocker, Amelia Moody, Amy Taylor, Beatriz Sousa Santos, Alejandra J Magana
Virtual Access to STEM Careers: In the Field Experiments
IEEE computer graphics and applications
discovery learning approaches education recently come scrutiny tobias duffy 2009 many studies indicating limitations discovery learning practicestherefore two metaanalyses conducted using sample 164 studies first examined effects unassisted discovery learning versus explicit instruction second examined effects enhanced andor assisted discovery versus types instruction eg explicit unassisted discovery etcrandom effects analyses 580 comparisons revealed outcomes favorable explicit instruction compared unassisted discovery conditions 38 95 ci 4431in contrast analyses 360 comparisons revealed outcomes favorable enhanced discovery compared forms instruction 3095 ci 2336the findings suggest unassisted discovery benefit learners whereas feedback worked examples scaffolding elicited explanations