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research_results:explanation_prompts [2011/09/14 16:10]
jpetrovic [Practice]
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-In practice, explanation prompts can be verbal, automatically generated by a computer or incorporated in the learning material.+In practice, explanation prompts can be **verbal****automatically generated by a computer** or **incorporated in the learning material**, but no matter the form, their goal is to elicit active processing and verbalization/​explanation of the learned principle.
  
 An example of an explanation prompt is the following: An example of an explanation prompt is the following:
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 +A recent research has revealed some negative aspects of explanation prompting. Prompts can lead to cognitive overload facilitating conceptual, but hindering procedural knowledge acquisition.(([[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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