Bridging Inferences from Examples to Principles Support Near Transfer

EasyChair Preprint 3923

Abstract

Example-based instruction with text involves introducing readers to domain principles (e.g., principles of natural selection), followed by several examples that illustrate those principles. It is unclear how bridging inferences contribute to example-based learning. Participants did think-aloud while reading four short texts: one about principles and three about examples of those principles. The main finding was that bridging inferences to the principles and bridging inferences to examples were predictive of learning, whereas other processes were not.

Keyphrases: bridging inferences, text processing, transfer

@booklet{EasyChair:3923,
  author    = {Linh Huynh and Bailing Lyu and Matthew McCrudden},
  title     = {Bridging Inferences from Examples to Principles Support Near Transfer},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3923},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}