In pursuit of knowledge: Comparing self-explanations, concepts, and procedures as pedagogical tools.

Explaining new ideas to oneself can promote learning and transfer, but questions remain about how to maximize the pedagogical value of self-explanations. This study investigated how type of instruction affected self-explanation quality and subsequent learning outcomes for second- through fifth-grade...

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Published in:Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22
Main Authors: Matthews, Percival, Rittle-Johnson, Bethany
Format: Article
Published: Academic Press Inc. September 2009
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