D&D: Shining the Spotlight on Conditional Schema: Organizing Instruction around Expert Performance

• In Event: Roundtables Wed3
  In Roundtable Session: D&D - Roundtables Wed3

Short Description

“Knowledge that is not ‘conditionalized’ is often ‘inert’ . . . even though it is relevant.” (Bransford et al., 2000, p. 43 citing Whitehead, 1929). We propose that conditional knowledge and schema building are important elements of expertise, yet these elements are largely left to be learned tacitly through experience. This session will examine the proposition that learning can be improved if conditional knowledge and schema building become explicit, first-order learning activities.

Authors

• Richard Swan

• Ken Plummer, Brigham Young University