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| + | Explanation prompts are an instructional aid which promotes understanding of the learned material by requiring the learner to elaborate on the step of a procedure he has just learned about.(([[http://www.springerlink.com/content/733216845622539k/|Berthold, Kirsten, Tessa H. S. Eysink, and Alexander Renkl. Assisting self-explanation prompts are more effective than open prompts when learning with multiple representations. Instructional Science 37: 345-363, April 2008.]])) | ||
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| + | Two possible explanations were offered for this effect: first, claiming the enhanced learning result is caused merely by being exposed to additional information and that result would be the same if learners were offered teacher-provided explanations, and second, claiming the enhanced learning result is caused by the process of generating explanation from learner's own background knowledge. A recent research has supported the second hypothesis, suggesting that | ||
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| + | * "//the important variable for learning was the **process** of producing an explanation.//"(([[http://learnlab.org/uploads/mypslc/publications/hausmannvanlehn2007_final.pdf|Hausmann, R. G. M., & VanLehn, K. Explaining self-explaining: A contrast between content and generation. In R. Luckin, K. R. Koedinger & J. Greer (Eds.), Artificial intelligence in education: Building technology rich learning contexts that work, vol. 158, pp. 417-424. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2007.]])) | ||
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| ===== Practice ===== | ===== Practice ===== | ||
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