Personalized refutation texts best stimulate teachers' conceptual change about multimedia learning

Abstract: Background
Previous research has shown that teachers hold misconceptions about multimedia learning (e.g., multimedia instruction needs to be adapted to students' learning styles), which may be at odds with evidence-based teaching.

Objectives
Refutation texts are a classical method to reduce misconceptions and thus to stimulate conceptual change. We wanted to know whether making use of a computer algorithm to personalize refutation texts would best initiate teachers' conceptual change.

Methods
We designed an online experiment, in which N = 129 in-service teachers read either (1) expository texts (without direct refutation), (2) common refutation texts, or (3) personalized refutation texts. The teachers filled in a misconception questionnaire pre and post to assess their conceptual change.

Results and Conclusions
Statistical analyses revealed that personalized refutation texts initiated the strongest conceptual change, which was driven by increased feelings of guilt and shame. Common refutation texts did not foster teachers' conceptual change as compared to expository texts. These findings indicate that refutation texts should be personalized for experienced practitioners such as teachers.

Takeaways
Personalized refutation seems to be promising in the context of online teacher training programs. Further research should test to which extent the present findings also apply to other groups of experienced learners or practitioners

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Journal of computer assisted learning. - 38, 4 (2022) , 977-992, ISSN: 1365-2729

Classification
Philosophie

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Freiburg
(who)
Universität
(when)
2024
Creator
Dersch, Anna-Sophia
Renkl, Alexander
Eitel, Alexander

DOI
10.1111/jcal.12671
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2448433
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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