Comments on: Examples before practice

By: Clark

Clark — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 17:54:40 +0000

In reply to Peter John Mayes. Peter, I refer you to the Wikipedia entry, which defines worked examples: "step-by-step demonstration of how to perform a task or how to solve a problem". That is, the practice is performed for you, rather than you having to do it. See the section on expertise reversal, too, where the benefit of worked examples tends to go away as your expertise increases.

By: Peter John Mayes

Peter John Mayes — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:08:53 +0000

I’ve come back to this article from the ‘Exposing myself’ article published yesterday. For clarity; where might I find a definition of what is a ‘Worked Example’, that distinguishes it from ‘Practice’. Thanks.

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:57:40 +0000

As I think about it more, for complex topics there may well be cycles of examples and practice. You might need to master one set of relationships before you complicate it with more. For example, you might first master subtraction, and borrowing, each with worked examples and practice. Then you’d be ready to go on to multi-column subtraction, again with examples and practice..

By: Tom Headrose

Tom Headrose — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 17:45:38 +0000

I was only discussing CLT and worked examples with a friend last week. Both our kids are about to start taking driving lessons. Both are total novices. One will be doing their lessons in the USA in an automatic car. The other in Great Britain, in a manual (stick-shift, I believe is the American colloquialism) car.

It appears, learning to drive a manual car over an automatic requires a lot more explanation and worked examples while the car is stationary, compared to an automatic car. In an automatic car, I am lead to believe, you can pretty much start with practice.

It might be a simple but interesting topic to research. A sample of novices in automatic cars compared to a sample of novices in manual cars.