Self-Explaining 1

How do Toilets Work?

There’s a lot of information crammed into those paragraphs, however, there is a lot of information missing. To make sense of that description, you still have to do some work.

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First, you have to spatially assemble all of the components in your mind’s eye as you learn about them.

Second, you need to supply any information that may be missing.

Finally, you might have to resolve contradictions that arise between the information you are learning and the mental model you are building as you engage in the first two activities.

1Cognitive Science for Educators

1.1Mental Models

1.1.1Mental Models

1.2Explanatory Depth

1.2.1Explanatory Depth

1.3The Generation Effect

1.3.1The Generation Effect

1.4Self-Explaining

1.4.1Self-Explaining 1

1.4.2Self-Explaining 2

1.5Expertise

1.5.1Expertise 1

1.5.2Expertise 2

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