e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning

14.9. Teaching Thinking Skills: The Bottom Line

In this chapter we have seen evidence and examples for the design of job specific case-based e-learning that builds problem-solving metacognitive skills as much as (or layered on) technical knowledge and skills. We have advocated for a domain-specific or job-specific approach that uses real-world cases as a context for learning the problem-solving techniques unique to a discipline. e-Learning can be used to make invisible thinking processes explicit as well as to prompt practice applying those processes. We look forward to additional research to shape these guidelines.