Worked Examples | A Simple Way To Accelerate Student Learning

In this video, Jared Cooney Horvath demonstrates the power of using worked examples in the classroom.
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As teachers, most of us use practice problems – both inside the classroom, and as homework.

And in many contexts, they're a great learning tool.

However, issues arise when we use practice problems to teach new or novel concepts.

Due to the way our memories work, when students are unfamiliar with a concept, related practice problems can be confusing and overwhelming ...

And needless to say, when this occurs, learning can suffer tremendously!

Enter: The Worked Examples Effect.

This states that when we replace practice problems with worked examples (step-by-step illustrations of the process required to solve a problem) …

Students will learn novel concepts faster and more effectively, and will in turn perform better on future practice problems.

In this video, I look at a new research article that demonstrates the power of worked examples. Then, I discuss strategies for how we can use them most effectively.

Jared

** Research: A Meta-analysis of the Worked Examples Effect (Christina Areizaga Barbieri et al. Educational Psychology Review, 2023) **

#WorkedExamples #StudentLearning #ScienceOfLearning
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JARED COONEY HORVATH | PhD, MEd

Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath is an award-winning cognitive neuroscientist, best-selling author and renowned keynote speaker with an expertise in human learning, memory, and brain stimulation.

Dr. Horvath has published 4 books, over 30 research articles, and currently serves as an honorary researcher at the University of Melbourne and St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne.

His research has been featured in popular publications including The New York Times, WIRED, BBC, The Economist, PBS's Nova and ABC’s Catalyst.

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[Relativecalm]

Thanks for another course of food for thought. I was particularly taken with the better ratios for I do, You do, We do.

[johnwalker]

This is really excellent, Jared. Thank you. Exactly the same principles apply to learning to read and spell. The man who invented the same kind of worked example (word building) was the Russian psychologist Daniil Borisovich Elkonin. Definitely worth checking out :)

[zhspenc]

Really interesting to see how explanations impacts memory. It actually makes a lot sense.

[RaeSnape]

Absolutely BRILLIANT Jared!! I will be sharing these awesome videos with my colleagues. Hope you are doing well! Rae

[nickimcgregor]

@jaredcooney What happens if you give examples of more than one strategy to solve the problem?

[tracylevett]

Very interesting video. Certainly makes a lot of sense to some things I have seen in the classroom. I am interested in trying this for some concepts at the high school level.
In your opinion, how does this learning model compare to the currently trending "Building Thinking Classrooms" model, which classifies the "I do, we do, you do" model as mimicry, and says this is to be avoided.