Impact of prior knowledge and teaching strategies on learning by teaching

• Main Authors: Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T, Ong, Aaron, Bringula, Rex, Basa, Roselle S, Dela Cruz, Cecilio, Matsuda, Noboru
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2013
• Subjects: Learning by teaching; teachable agent; SimStudent; Algebra equations; prior knowledge; Computer Sciences; Educational Technology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/122; http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1009/0408.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

We investigate cognitive factors that are predictive of learning gains when students learn to solve equations by teaching a synthetic peer, called SimStudent. Previous empirical studies showed that prior knowledge is strongly predictive of post-test scores. However, in a recent study in the Philippi...