Benjamin Keep, PhD, JD | Does learning by doing actually work? @benjaminkeep | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 30 minutes ago.
A lot of people talk about learning by doing. How does learning by doing actually improve learning outcomes? Wait... does it improve learning outcomes?
00:00 Introduction
00:29 The practice case
1:19 The indirect learning case
1:36 Worked Examples vs. Discovery
2:30 Tell & Practice vs. Invent & Tell
3:35 Volcanoes and Hearts
5:00 What the heck is my point?
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For videos on deliberate practice, see:
Practice more efficiently - youtu.be/aIPS4ugcanM
What people get wrong about deliberate practice. - youtu.be/WbUOY9ioIqw
Is deliberate practice all wrong? - youtu.be/3SZDj5TEhU0
For more on interleaved practice, see:
Interleaved vs. blocked practice - youtu.be/AWTYfzxBwPg
For a discussion on spaced practice and interleaved practice, see:
Desirable difficulties in learning - youtu.be/Q7xnl2tyKwY
Footage sources:
Integration by parts b-roll from: Integration by Parts... How? (NancyPi) youtube.com/watch?v=KKg88oSUv0o
Integration-by-parts worksheet from:
https://math.berkeley.edu/~ehallman/math1B/IntByParts.pdf
Paper mache b-roll from THE VOLCANO PAPER MACHE step by step | Shanley Nicole Mendoza. youtube.com/watch?v=-lcU_sa32CM
Heart model b-roll from How to Build a Model Heart | Wise Wonders. youtube.com/watch?v=tqMBLWABMAE
Check out their content if you like what you see.
References:
For a study comparing "Tell & Practice" and "Invent & Tell" see (This is the one with the clowns, etc.):
Practicing Versus Inventing With Contrasting Cases: The
Effects of Telling First on Learning and Transfer cadrek12.org/sites/default/files/Schwartz.Chase_.Oppezzo.Chin_2011_PracticingVsInventing.pdf
For one of the classic pieces comparing "worked examples" to "pure discovery," see:
Sweller, J., & Cooper, G. A. (1985). The use of worked examples as a substitute for problem solving in learning algebra. Cognition and instruction, 2(1), 59-89. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s1532690xci0201_3
A lot of people talk about learning by doing. How does learning by doing actually improve learning outcomes? Wait... does it improve learning outcomes?
00:00 Introduction
00:29 The practice case
1:19 The indirect learning case
1:36 Worked Examples vs. Discovery
2:30 Tell & Practice vs. Invent & Tell
3:35 Volcanoes and Hearts
5:00 What the heck is my point?
Sign up to my email newsletter, Avoiding Folly, here: benjaminkeep.com
For videos on deliberate practice, see:
Practice more efficiently - youtu.be/aIPS4ugcanM
What people get wrong about deliberate practice. - youtu.be/WbUOY9ioIqw
Is deliberate practice all wrong? - youtu.be/3SZDj5TEhU0
For more on interleaved practice, see:
Interleaved vs. blocked practice - youtu.be/AWTYfzxBwPg
For a discussion on spaced practice and interleaved practice, see:
Desirable difficulties in learning - youtu.be/Q7xnl2tyKwY
Footage sources:
Integration by parts b-roll from: Integration by Parts... How? (NancyPi) youtube.com/watch?v=KKg88oSUv0o
Integration-by-parts worksheet from:
https://math.berkeley.edu/~ehallman/math1B/IntByParts.pdf
Paper mache b-roll from THE VOLCANO PAPER MACHE step by step | Shanley Nicole Mendoza. youtube.com/watch?v=-lcU_sa32CM
Heart model b-roll from How to Build a Model Heart | Wise Wonders. youtube.com/watch?v=tqMBLWABMAE
Check out their content if you like what you see.
References:
For a study comparing "Tell & Practice" and "Invent & Tell" see (This is the one with the clowns, etc.):
Practicing Versus Inventing With Contrasting Cases: The
Effects of Telling First on Learning and Transfer cadrek12.org/sites/default/files/Schwartz.Chase_.Oppezzo.Chin_2011_PracticingVsInventing.pdf
For one of the classic pieces comparing "worked examples" to "pure discovery," see:
Sweller, J., & Cooper, G. A. (1985). The use of worked examples as a substitute for problem solving in learning algebra. Cognition and instruction, 2(1), 59-89. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s1532690xci0201_3
