Studies in Computer-Based Learning of Math: Using Self-Explanations and Animated Pedagogical Agents

摘要

This study was designed to examine ways of structuring a computer- based learning environment to enhance learning from worked-out examples. In particular, two types of structural manipulations were considered: 1. incorporating an instructional format consisting of instructional explanations and/or self-explanations prompts, a structural manipulation that may have implications for the way in which students study examples; and 2. the use of an animated pedagogical agent, a manipulation that appears to have the same potential of optimizing computer-based learning.