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Direct linkGurlitt, Johannes; Dummel, Sebastian; Schuster, Silvia; Nuckles, Matthias – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
Does the specific structure of advance organizers influence learning outcomes? In the first experiment, 48 psychology students were randomly assigned to three differently structured advance organizers: a well-structured, a well-structured and key-concept emphasizing, and a less structured advance organizer. These were followed by a sorting task, a…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Long Term Memory, Advance Organizers, Psychology
Nuckles, Matthias; Hubner, Sandra; Dumer, Sandra; Renkl, Alexander – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
This article presents two longitudinal studies that investigated expertise reversal effects in journal writing. In Experiment 1, students wrote regular journal entries over a whole term. The experimental group received a combination of cognitive and metacognitive prompts. The control group received no prompts. In the first half of the term, the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Journal Writing, Metacognition
Wittwer, Jorg; Nuckles, Matthias; Renkl, Alexander – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2008
Although prior research has shown that experts tend to overestimate or underestimate what laypersons actually know, little is known about the specific consequences of biased estimations for communication. To investigate the impact of biased estimations of a layperson's knowledge on the effectiveness of experts' explanations, we conducted a…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Misconceptions, Lay People, Bias
