Supporting Learning from Worked-Out Examples in Computer-Based Learning Environments

In previous research, Gerjets, Scheiter, and Tack (2000) demonstrated that learners experience serious difficulties in utilizing instructional examples according to their profitability when interacting with a hypertext-based learning environment. In this paper we focus on possible causes of these difficulties and on different instructional methods for improving learners’ utilization of worked-out examples in hypertext environments. The results of two experimental studies are reported.