CHAPTER OUTLINE

  • What Is Practice in e-Learning?
  • The Paradox of Practice
  • Practice Principle 1: Add Sufficient Practice Interactions to e-Learning to Achieve the Objective
    • The Benefits of Practice
    • Practice Benefits Diminish Rapidly
    • Adjust the Amount of Practice Based on Task Criticality
    • Limited Benefits of Over-Learning in Mathematics
  • Practice Principle 2: Mirror the Job
  • Practice Principle 3: Provide Effective Feedback
    • Provide Explanatory Feedback
    • Evidence for Benefits of Explanatory Feedback
    • Focus Learner Attention to the Task, Not the Learner
    • Provide Step-by-Step Feedback When Steps Are Interdependent
  • Practice Principle 4: Distribute and Mix Practice Among Learning Events
    • Distribute Practice Throughout the Learning Environment
    • Mix Practice ...

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