This is research on guided learning (modeling, scaffolding, summarizing key points) vs unguided learning (problem based, discovery, constructivist, experiential). While this research is from 2010, PSA is interested in the latest on brain research as applied to learning as a core element of the best defined learning experience (DLE)
The conclusion of this research is the latest in brain research shows guided learning is how people learn best.
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This article helps bring into focus that learning is a many vectored activity…and what works for one circumstance may or may not have any “purchase” for another learning circumstance, such as perhaps different age groups, and different social learning constructs.. Hopefully, the authors will revisit this topic currently, as brain research, and learning theory continues to rapidly advance.