Differential impact of two types of metacognitive prompting provided during simulation-based training

    Authors

    L. Fiorella; J. J. Vogel-Walcutt;S. Fiore

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Comput. Hum. Behav.

    Keywords

    Metacognitive prompting; Simulation-based training; INSTRUCTIONAL CONDITIONS; SELF-EXPLANATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; STUDENTS; SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTS; EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE; REFLECTION; QUESTIONS; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Psychology, Experimental

    Abstract

    The purpose of the current study was to test the differential impact of two forms of metacognitive prompts on knowledge acquisition and application during simulation-based training. Participants in the experimental conditions were prompted to construct sentences by connecting declarative words (Words Group) or conceptual phrases (Phrases Group) related to the training material from two columns. Performance was then compared across conditions during an assessment scenario that did not include prompting. Overall, results provide support for the effectiveness of metacognitive prompting generally, when compared to the Control Group that did not receive prompting. Further, some support was found for providing word-based prompts over more conceptual phrase-based prompts, suggesting that the phrases may have distracted or overloaded learners. Implications for further investigation into the effects of different types of metacognitive support are discussed. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Computers in Human Behavior

    Volume

    28

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    696

    Last Page

    702

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000300028900049

    ISSN

    0747-5632

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