Receiving elaborate explanations benefits learning only when the receiver can apply the explanation in a related task¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Elaborate explanations were effective for receivers only when the receiver was able to apply the explanation in a related task; receiving non-elaborated explanations or no explanation correlates negatively with learning. → Janssen 2010

Evidence¶

Janssen 2010¶

Janssen, J., Kirschner, F., Erkens, G., Kirschner, P. A., & Paas, F. (2010). Making the Black Box of Collaborative Learning Transparent: Combining Process-Oriented and Cognitive Load Approaches. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-010-9131-x

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review reports, citing Webb and colleagues, that "elaborate explanations were only effective when the receiver was able to apply the explanation in a related task." It also notes receiving non-elaborated explanations or none is negatively correlated with learning. No effect sizes are printed.

"Studies by Webb and Farivar ( 1999), Webb et al .( 1995), and Webb and Mastergeorge ( 2003), for example, showed that elaborate explanations were only effective when the receiver was able to apply the explanation in a related task."

Discussion¶

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