- The **expertise reversal effect** refers to the reversal of the effectiveness of instructional techniques on learners with differing levels of prior knowledge. The primary recommendation that stems from the expertise reversal effect is that instructional design methods need to be adjusted as learners acquire more knowledge in a specific domain. - Instructional techniques that assist learners to create long term memory schema are more effective for novices or low-knowledge individuals. In contrast, for higher-knowledge learners or experts, i.e. learners with more prior knowledge of the task, the reverse is true, such that reduced guidance often results in better performance than well-guided instruction. --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expertise_reversal_effect