Chapter 10

Accelerate Expertise With Examples

The Power of Examples

What Are Worked Examples?

Examples and the Brain

Types of Worked Examples

Examples for Routine Tasks

Examples for Strategic Tasks

High- Versus Low-Variable Examples

Engage Learners in Your Examples

What Are Self-Explanations?

Formatting Examples

Studying Incorrect Examples

Prework: Examples Versus Invention Assignments

Applying Examples to Your Training

 

When learning a new skill, do you prefer to review an explanation or study an example? Last year I wanted to make aebleskiver—Danish ball-shaped pancakes. The procedure is a little tricky, involving wooden skewers to rotate the batter as it cooks in a special pan. Rather than waste a lot of batter in a trial and error approach, ...

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