Use Analogical Learning Strategies to Improve Learning From an Online Statistics Textbook

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session 9
  In Roundtable Session: Division C Section 1C. Research in Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Predictors of Mathematics Achievement

Abstract

Analogical learning strategies, such as alignment and comparison, have been shown to promote learning in laboratory studies. However, few have explored their efficacy in long-term naturalistic classroom settings. The current study explored the effectiveness of analogical learning strategies when used in real classrooms, embedded in an interactive textbook, over time in the context of a college-level introductory statistics course. In designing the strategies, we referred to the practicing connections framework (Fries et al., 2021) and designed instructional videos embedded at two intervention points in the book. In general, evidence suggested that students who watched those instructional videos performed better in both immediate and delayed assessments in the book, supporting the practical utility of analogical learning strategies in education.

Authors

• Icy Yunyi Zhang, University of California - Los Angeles

• Maureen Gray

• Xiaoxuan(Alicia) Cheng

• James W. Stigler, University of California - Los Angeles