The thing that always throws me a loop with this kind of research is how context-free it is.
When I used to teach trigonometry, I would start with having students create their own logos, then create enlarged versions of the same logos. Then we could explore picking two sides and finding the fraction be consistent, then segue from that into right triangles. They essentially are forming their own worked example.
But I don't have something that works that well for _every_ topic. Something like Kapur wants to indicate you follow the exact same process every single time, no matter what the topic. Kapur surely went with example/lesson pairs that were convenient for the process, not the random topic X that comes up next needing to be taught in a real classroom.
I think that's exactly right. There's a trend in some corners of edu research to start asking WHEN AND FOR WHOM a bit more regularly, and while there is some of that in Kapur's research it would be nice for everyone to ask that question more often. Or to dig down a bit deeper and develop nice sequences for learning a particular topic.
The thing that always throws me a loop with this kind of research is how context-free it is.
When I used to teach trigonometry, I would start with having students create their own logos, then create enlarged versions of the same logos. Then we could explore picking two sides and finding the fraction be consistent, then segue from that into right triangles. They essentially are forming their own worked example.
But I don't have something that works that well for _every_ topic. Something like Kapur wants to indicate you follow the exact same process every single time, no matter what the topic. Kapur surely went with example/lesson pairs that were convenient for the process, not the random topic X that comes up next needing to be taught in a real classroom.
I think that's exactly right. There's a trend in some corners of edu research to start asking WHEN AND FOR WHOM a bit more regularly, and while there is some of that in Kapur's research it would be nice for everyone to ask that question more often. Or to dig down a bit deeper and develop nice sequences for learning a particular topic.