Common Instructional Interaction Strategies and Their Effects on the Construction of Fragile Knowledge in Flight Simulation.

Abstract

The construction of fragile knowledge hinders the learning process--in some cases it can produce tragic consequences. This study examined the effects of common instructional interaction strategies on fragile knowledge construction in learners during procedural skill acquisition. It also examined whether explicit instruction on executive control strategies can eliminate or minimize fragile knowledge construction. The experimental design was a 4 X 2 factorial pretest, posttest, control group design. The two independent variables were instructional interaction strategies and executive controls. There were four levels of interaction strategies: no instructional interaction (the control group), directive interaction, question-based interaction, and mixed (directive and question-based) interaction. There were two levels of executive controls: no instruction on executive control processes and explicit instruction on executive control processes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309013

Entities

People

  • Michael W. Mullas

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Experimental Design
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Instructors
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Navigation
  • Psychology
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Education

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