The impact of delayed instructional support on adult learners in the ODL context

• Main Authors: Nantha Kumar , Subramaniam, Maheswari, Kandasamy
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education; LC5800 Distance education
• Online Access: http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/843/1/impact_nantha.pdf; http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/843/

This paper investigated whether productive failure (PF) as an instructional strategy boosts students’ understanding on the subject matter in a face-to-face tutorial. PF instructional design advocates the delaying of support for the learners during the learning. This paper reports an initial study...