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8 - Learning How to Solve Problems by Studying Examples

from Part II - Science and Math

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2019

By
Tamara van Gog ,
Nikol Rummel  and
Alexander Renkl
Edited by
John Dunlosky  and
Katherine A. Rawson
John Dunlosky
Affiliation:
Kent State University, Ohio
Katherine A. Rawson
Affiliation:
Kent State University, Ohio
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This chapter focuses on how students can learn to solve difficult problems by studying examples that have already been worked out. We discuss why example-based learning works and how it can best be implemented by educators.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cognition and Education , pp. 183 - 208
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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