Post-questioning, concept mapping and feedback: a distance education field experiment |
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| Authors: | Robert M Bernard Som Naidu |
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| Institution: | Robert M. Bernard is a Professor of Education and Director of the PhD Program in Educational Technology at Concordia University where Som Naidu is an Assistant Professor of Education;address correspondence to Dr Bernard at Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd W, Montreal, PQ, Canada H3G 1 M8. |
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| Abstract: | This study was designed to assess the instructional potential of two learning strategies—post-questioning and concept mapping—in the presence and absence of systematic instructional feedback. It is a first attempt to test combinations of these treatments experimentally in the context of a course in distance education. Five research questions, drawn from the literature of post-questioning, concept mapping and feedback, were formulated to guide the design and analysis. Substantial differences in achievement outcomes were found for four of the five questions. These results are discussed in relation to the existing literature on outcomes of learning strategies and their implication for practice in distance education. |
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