Erroneous Examples: A Preliminary Investigation into Learning Benefits

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Authors

  • Dimitra Tsovaltzi
  • Erica Melis
  • Bruce McLaren
  • Michael Dietrich
  • Giorgi Goguadze
  • Ann-Kristin Meyer
In this work, we investigate the effect of presenting students with common errors of other students and explore whether such erroneous examples can help students learn without the embarrassment and demotivation of working with one’s own errors. The erroneous examples are presented to students by a technology enhanced learning (TEL) system. We discuss the theoretical background of learning with erroneous examples, describe our TEL setting, and discuss initial, small-scale studies we conducted to explore learning with erroneous examples.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLearning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines - 4th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2009, Proceedings : 4th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2009 Nice, France, September 29–October 2, 2009 Proceedings
EditorsUlrike Cress, Vania Dimitrova, Marcus Specht
Number of pages6
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2009
Pages688-693
ISBN (print)3642046355, 9783642046353
ISBN (electronic)978-3-642-04636-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event4th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning - 2009: Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines - Nice, France
Duration: 29.09.200902.10.2009
Conference number: 4
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