Why Minimal Guidance during Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching Export

@article{EJ736299, abstract = {Evidence for the superiority of guided instruction is explained in the context of our knowledge of human cognitive architecture, expert-novice differences, and cognitive load. Although unguided or minimally guided instructional approaches are very popular and intuitively appealing, the point is made that these approaches ignore both the structures that constitute human cognitive architecture and evidence from empirical studies over the past half-century that consistently indicate that minimally guided instruction is less effective and less efficient than instructional approaches that place a strong emphasis on guidance of the student learning process. The advantage of guidance begins to recede only when learners have sufficiently high prior knowledge to provide "internal" guidance. Recent developments in instructional research and instructional design models that support guidance during instruction are briefly described.}, author = {Kirschner, Paul A. and Sweller, John and Clark, Richard E.}, citeulike-article-id = {3136639}, isbn = {ISSN-0046-1520}, keywords = {constructivism, experiential, expertise, novice, pedagogy, theory}, number = {2}, pages = {75--86}, posted-at = {2008-08-19 16:40:19}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Journal Subscription Department, 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430-2262. Tel: 800-926-6579 or 201-258-2200; Fax: 201-236-0072; E-mail: journals@erlbaum.com; Web site: https://www.erlbaum.com/journals.htm.}, title = {Why Minimal Guidance during Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching}, volume = {41}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - EJ736299 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3136639 N2 - Evidence for the superiority of guided instruction is explained in the context of our knowledge of human cognitive architecture, expert-novice differences, and cognitive load. Although unguided or minimally guided instructional approaches are very popular and intuitively appealing, the point is made that these approaches ignore both the structures that constitute human cognitive architecture and evidence from empirical studies over the past half-century that consistently indicate that minimally guided instruction is less effective and less efficient than instructional approaches that place a strong emphasis on guidance of the student learning process. The advantage of guidance begins to recede only when learners have sufficiently high prior knowledge to provide "internal" guidance. Recent developments in instructional research and instructional design models that support guidance during instruction are briefly described. IS - 2 SN - ISSN-0046-1520 EP - 86 TI - Why Minimal Guidance during Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching PB - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Journal Subscription Department, 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430-2262. Tel: 800-926-6579 or 201-258-2200; Fax: 201-236-0072; E-mail: journals@erlbaum.com; Web site: https://www.erlbaum.com/journals.htm. VL - 41 SP - 75 KW - constructivism KW - experiential KW - expertise KW - novice KW - pedagogy KW - theory AU - Kirschner, Paul AU - Sweller, John AU - Clark, Richard PY - 2006/// ER -