Exploring the Assistance Dilemma in Experiments with Cognitive Tutors¶
Koedinger, K. R., & Aleven, V. (2007). Exploring the Assistance Dilemma in Experiments with Cognitive Tutors. Educational Psychology Review, 19(3), 239-264.
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- Its core tension is the assistance dilemma: help given too early or too explicitly short-circuits the very search that builds the skill, while help withheld too long turns struggle into helplessness.
This sourceDefines the assistance dilemma and explains that excessive help can displace the learner's own generation and reasoning, reducing engagement and durable learning.
- Its core tension is the assistance dilemma: help given too early or too explicitly short-circuits the very search that builds the skill, while help withheld too long turns struggle into helplessness.
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