Understanding difficulties and resulting confusion in learning: An integrative review

JM Lodge, G Kennedy, L Lockyer, A Arguel… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Difficulties are often an unavoidable but important part of the learning process. This seems
particularly so for complex conceptual learning. Challenges in the learning process are …

Towards a theory of when and how problem solving followed by instruction supports learning

K Loibl, I Roll, N Rummel - Educational psychology review, 2017 - Springer
Recently, there has been a growing interest in learning approaches that combine two
phases: an initial problem-solving phase followed by an instruction phase (PS-I). Two often …

The ASSISTments ecosystem: Building a platform that brings scientists and teachers together for minimally invasive research on human learning and teaching

NT Heffernan, CL Heffernan - … Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2014 - Springer
The ASSISTments project is an ecosystem of a few hundred teachers, a platform, and
researchers working together. Development professionals help train teachers and get …

The role of epistemic emotions in personal epistemology and self-regulated learning

KR Muis, M Chevrier, CA Singh - Educational Psychologist, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this article is to delineate the role of epistemic emotions in personal
epistemology and self-regulated learning (SRL). We first review important tenets of personal …

Confusion can be beneficial for learning

S D'Mello, B Lehman, R Pekrun, A Graesser - Learning and Instruction, 2014 - Elsevier
We tested key predictions of a theoretical model positing that confusion, which accompanies
a state of cognitive disequilibrium that is triggered by contradictions, conflicts, anomalies …

Dynamics of affective states during complex learning

S D'Mello, A Graesser - Learning and Instruction, 2012 - Elsevier
We propose a model to explain the dynamics of affective states that emerge during deep
learning activities. The model predicts that learners in a state of engagement/flow will …

Better to be frustrated than bored: The incidence, persistence, and impact of learners' cognitive–affective states during interactions with three different computer-based …

RSJ Baker, SK D'Mello, MMT Rodrigo… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
We study the incidence (rate of occurrence), persistence (rate of reoccurrence immediately
after occurrence), and impact (effect on behavior) of students' cognitive–affective states …

AutoTutor and family: A review of 17 years of natural language tutoring

BD Nye, AC Graesser, X Hu - … Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2014 - Springer
AutoTutor is a natural language tutoring system that has produced learning gains across
multiple domains (eg, computer literacy, physics, critical thinking). In this paper, we review …

Designing for productive failure

M Kapur, K Bielaczyc - Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we describe the design principles undergirding productive failure (PF; M.). We
then report findings from an ongoing program of research on PF in mathematical problem …

Productive failure

M Kapur - Cognition and instruction, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This study demonstrates an existence proof for productive failure: engaging students in
solving complex, ill-structured problems without the provision of support structures can be a …