guided experiential learning
Lesson plans should have
- Objectives
- Reasons for learning
- Overview
- Conceptual Knowledge
- Demonstration of the Procedure
- Part and whole-task practice with corrective feedback
- Challenging, competency based tests that include reactions and learning performance.
Failure Of Discovery Based Learning And Benefits Of Guided Training Methods-Clark has a section on using GEL when applying cognitive task analysis on subject matter experts
To promote skill transfer to novel environments, DeCorte and Merill recommend
- Environment
- Learn in an environment that reflects the environment where the skill will actually be applied
- Motivation
- Link GEL to tangible and personally relevant benefits and risks associated with each task to be learned.
- Increasing Novelty
- increasingly novel and challenging scenarios for use in practice exercises and assessments.
- Variable Practice
- Part task practice (during lessons) and whole task practice
- Targeted Feedback
GEL to promote flexible expertise:
- analogies to prior knowledge
- open questions during feedback (ask students about their reasoning and problem solving strategies, allow them to explore alternatives rather than being told the correct path)
