Composing example combinations
and example sequences according to these guidelines, supports helpful inferences
with regard to the identification of structural commonalities and differences among
problems and thus enhances schema induction. With respect to supporting a meaningful
mental representation of solution procedures, highlighting the subgoal structure underlying
a solution procedure (e.g., by labels, Catrambone 1998), breaking down solution procedures
into smaller meaningful groups of solution steps that can be understood in isolation
(i.e., modular examples, Gerjets et al. 2004) as well as providing a rationale for the solution
procedure (process-oriented examples, Van Gog et al. 2004) have been shown to be
particularly effective instructional methods.