Improve elaborative interrogation answer quality through practice training with example answers and feedback¶

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Description¶

To raise the quality of students' answers to elaborative interrogation questions, the article proposes two approaches. The first is "practice training, in which students receive examples of what types of answers are expected of them", providing a model that could improve answer quality. The second is providing feedback on answers, directly, through peers working collaboratively after training, or through computer-based tutoring, which could also motivate students to construct high-quality answers.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Students need examples of what types of answers are expected, and feedback on their answers

Constraints¶

• The article frames these as proposals for future studies and pedagogical contexts; positive effects of elaborative interrogation might be seen only if these ideas effectively improve answer quality

Target Learners¶

• undergraduate students

Target Learning Goals¶

• making connections among ideas in a written lesson; learning probabilistic reasoning

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Key Sources¶

• Clinton, V., Alibali, M. W., & Nathan, M. J. (2016). Learning About Posterior Probability: Do Diagrams and Elaborative Interrogation Help? The Journal of Experimental Education, 84(3), 579-599. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2015.1048847