Learning by writing explanations: Is explaining to a fictitious student more effective than self-explaining?

Volume: 74, Pages: 101438 - 101438
Published: Aug 1, 2021
Abstract
Research has demonstrated that oral explaining to a fictitious student improves learning. Whether these findings replicate, when students are writing explanations, and whether instructional explaining is more effective than other explaining strategies, such as self-explaining, is unclear. In two experiments, we compared written instructional explaining to written self-explaining, and also included written retrieval and a baseline control...
Paper Details
Title
Learning by writing explanations: Is explaining to a fictitious student more effective than self-explaining?
Published Date
Aug 1, 2021
Volume
74
Pages
101438 - 101438
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