ERIC Number: EJ1005472
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 14
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Examining Preservice Teachers' Decision Behaviors and Individual Differences in Three Online Case-Based Approaches
Cevik, Yasemin Demiraslan; Andre, Thomas
International Journal of Educational Research, v58 p1-14 2013
This study compared the impact of three types of case-based methods (case-based reasoning, worked example, and faded worked example) on preservice teachers' (n = 71) interaction with decision tasks and whether decision related measures (task difficulty, mental effort, decision making performance) were associated with the differences in student characteristics (decision making styles, self-efficacy, confidence). Participants in this study received a short-term implementation of one of these three major approaches to case-based instruction. The results showed that while students' perceptions of task difficulty and mental effort did not change as a function of treatment, the worked example group, compared to the case-based reasoning and faded worked example groups, performed better on making reason-based decisions related to classroom management. Furthermore, some of the relationships between individual differences and decision related measures were inconsistent with the existing literature. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Decision Making, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Classroom Techniques, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Individual Differences, Web Based Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Demonstrations (Educational), Measures (Individuals), Correlation, Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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