Theory or Research?
Clark Quinn
JULY 17, 2019
My answer to theory or research is theory. For instance, the work on worked examples comes from John Sweller’s Cognitive Load theory. Theory generates experiments which refine theory. Researchers tend to run experiments driven by a theory. The theory leads to a hypothesis, and then that hypothesis is testable. Some theories are even meta -theories! Here’s to theories and those who develop and advance them!
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