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| Title |
Undesirable Difficulty Effects in the Learning of High-Element Interactivity Materials
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, August 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01483 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ouhao Chen, Juan C. Castro-Alonso, Fred Paas, John Sweller |
| Abstract |
According to the concept of desirable difficulties, introducing difficulties in learning may sacrifice short-term performance in order to benefit long-term retention of learning. We describe three types of desirable difficulty effects: testing, generation, and varied conditions of practice. The empirical literature indicates that desirable difficulty effects are not always obtained and we suggest that cognitive load theory may be used to explain many of these contradictory results. Many failures to obtain desirable difficulty effects may occur under conditions where working memory is already stressed due to the use of high element interactivity information. Under such conditions, the introduction of additional difficulties may be undesirable rather than desirable. Empirical evidence from diverse experiments is used to support this hypothesis. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 22 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 27% |
| India | 2 | 9% |
| Canada | 2 | 9% |
| Chile | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 68% |
| Scientists | 7 | 32% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 60 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 60 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 22% |
| Unknown | 25 | 42% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 10 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 5% |
| Mathematics | 3 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 15% |
| Unknown | 28 | 47% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 September 2021.
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