Worked Example Set
Fades guidance across the set, since identical scaffolding on every example teaches copying rather than method.
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Running it, start to finish
- Write the first example complete, including reasoning at each decision.
- Fade support from the completion end forward.
- Space the set over time rather than delivering it in one session.
What you get back
The output this produces, every time.
- Fades support progressively rather than repeating identically scaffolded examples.
- Varies surface features while holding structure constant, so the method is not bound to a context.
- Includes a near-miss requiring a different approach, which teaches when the method applies.
Getting better results
Where this usually goes wrong, and how to avoid it.
- Fade the ending first. Learners are strongest at the start of a procedure. Removing the final steps first produces the early success that sustains effort.
- Show the reasoning, not just the steps. A worked example without the why teaches the procedure and none of the judgement about when to use it.
- Add self-explanation prompts. Learners who articulate the reasoning learn considerably more, and essentially nobody does it without being asked.
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