How Instructional Sequence and Personalized Support Impact Diagnostic Strategy Learning

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Autores principales: Güreş, Fatma Betül, Nazaretsky, Tanya, Radmehr, Bahar, Rau, Martina, Käser, Tanja
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Publicado: 2025
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author Güreş, Fatma Betül
Nazaretsky, Tanya
Radmehr, Bahar
Rau, Martina
Käser, Tanja
author_facet Güreş, Fatma Betül
Nazaretsky, Tanya
Radmehr, Bahar
Rau, Martina
Käser, Tanja
contents Supporting students in developing effective diagnostic reasoning is a key challenge in various educational domains. Novices often struggle with cognitive biases such as premature closure and over-reliance on heuristics. Scenario-based learning (SBL) can address these challenges by offering realistic case experiences and iterative practice, but the optimal sequencing of instruction and problem-solving activities remains unclear. This study examines how personalized support can be incorporated into different instructional sequences and whether providing explicit diagnostic strategy instruction before (I-PS) or after problem-solving (PS-I) improves learning and its transfer. We employ a between-groups design in an online SBL environment called PharmaSim, which simulates real-world client interactions for pharmacy technician apprentices. Results indicate that while both instruction types are beneficial, PS-I leads to significantly higher performance in transfer tasks.
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Güreş, Fatma Betül
Nazaretsky, Tanya
Radmehr, Bahar
Rau, Martina
Käser, Tanja
Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
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Supporting students in developing effective diagnostic reasoning is a key challenge in various educational domains. Novices often struggle with cognitive biases such as premature closure and over-reliance on heuristics. Scenario-based learning (SBL) can address these challenges by offering realistic case experiences and iterative practice, but the optimal sequencing of instruction and problem-solving activities remains unclear. This study examines how personalized support can be incorporated into different instructional sequences and whether providing explicit diagnostic strategy instruction before (I-PS) or after problem-solving (PS-I) improves learning and its transfer. We employ a between-groups design in an online SBL environment called PharmaSim, which simulates real-world client interactions for pharmacy technician apprentices. Results indicate that while both instruction types are beneficial, PS-I leads to significantly higher performance in transfer tasks.
title How Instructional Sequence and Personalized Support Impact Diagnostic Strategy Learning
topic Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
K.3.1
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17760