The impact of text coherence on learning by self-explanation

By Shaaron E. Ainsworth, S. Burcham. 2007

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Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Cognitive activities in complex science text and diagrams (2010, background): “…effect is robust, two different types of reasons have been put forth to explain its effectiveness: monitoring/correcting knowledge (e.g., Ainsworth & Burcham, 2007; Griffin, Wiley, & Thiede, 2008; Kastens & Liben, 2007), and inference (e.g., Aleven & Koedinger, 2002; Chi, Bassok, Lewis,…”
Comparing Four Instructional Techniques for Promoting Robust Knowledge (2015, background): “Simply increasing the volume of self-explanations is not necessarily beneficial, though there are benefits to increasing the number of explanations used to generate inferences, integrate new information into prior knowledge, or revise prior misconceptions (Ainsworth and Burcham 2007).”
Prior knowledge activation: how different concept mapping tasks lead to substantial differences in cognitive processes, learning outcomes, and perceived self-efficacy (2010, background): “1. Linking the current research about low-coherence versus high-coherence maps to research about text comprehension (e.g., Britton and Gulgoz 1991; Ainsworth and Burcham 2007; O’Reilly and McNamara 2007), learners most likely benefit more from activating their prior knowledge with the high-coheren”
Toward an Integrated Framework of Multiple Text Use (2019, background): “…do not readily engage in inferencing, self-explanation, or periodically articulating the meaning of text during reading, has been identified as a strategy supporting inferencing and resulting in improved comprehension (Ainsworth & Burcham, 2007; Chi, Leeuw, Chiu, & LaVancher, 1994; McNamara, 2004).”
Self-explanation training improves proof comprehension (2014, methodology): “Some researchers interested in self-explanation effects, including Ainsworth and Burcham (2007), have studied explanation quality as a measure of what takes place during the reading process.”
Instruction Based on Self-Explanation (2010, background): “In support of the dual underlying cognitive mechanisms mediating the self-explanation effect, Ainsworth and Burcham (2007) manipulated the coherence of an expository text about the circulatory system and measured learning in groups of university students who received self-explanation training and th”
Inducing Self-Explanation: a Meta-Analysis (2018, unknown): “For example, the learning outcome in Ainsworth and Burcham (2007) was coded as inference because they described posttest questions as requiring B generation of new knowledge by inferring information from the text ^ (p. 292).”
Expert and Novice Approaches to Reading Mathematical Proofs (2012, methodology): “Such materials may be relatively simple to produce: The self-explanation training materials used by Ainsworth and Burcham (2007) consisted of a brief training package that defined and illustrated the self-explanation strategy and reported evidence about its effectiveness.”