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# Self-Explaining 2

CPD: Cognitive Sciences Level 3 (by Dr Robert Hausmann), topic 1.4.2

## Research-Informed Prompts

To help your students get started, here is a list of prompts that were
used in the Chi et al. (1994) study:

![](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-05/c0a5a954-a659-4f4f-84b0-0b9ada645ca1/question-mark-.png)

- What new information does each line provide for you?

![](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-05/c0a5a954-a659-4f4f-84b0-0b9ada645ca1/question-mark-.png)

- How does it relate to what you’ve already read?

![](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-05/c0a5a954-a659-4f4f-84b0-0b9ada645ca1/question-mark-.png)

- Does it give you a new insight into your understanding of how
it works?

![](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-05/c0a5a954-a659-4f4f-84b0-0b9ada645ca1/question-mark-.png)

- Does it raise a question in your mind?

## Test yourself on Self-Explaining 2

- What is correct in terms of self-explaining?

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- Previous topic: [1.4.1 Self-Explaining 1](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-cognitive-science-for-educators-dr-robert-hausmann/1-4-1-self-explaining-1.md)
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## CPD: Cognitive Sciences Level 3 (by Dr Robert Hausmann) contents

### 1 Cognitive Science for Educators
- 1.1 Mental Models
  - [1.1.1 Mental Models](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-cognitive-science-for-educators-dr-robert-hausmann/1-1-1-mental-models.md)
- 1.2 Explanatory Depth
  - [1.2.1 Explanatory Depth](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-cognitive-science-for-educators-dr-robert-hausmann/1-2-1-explanatory-depth.md)
- 1.3 The Generation Effect
  - [1.3.1 The Generation Effect](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-cognitive-science-for-educators-dr-robert-hausmann/1-3-1-the-generation-effect.md)
- 1.4 Self-Explaining
  - [1.4.1 Self-Explaining 1](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-cognitive-science-for-educators-dr-robert-hausmann/1-4-1-self-explaining-1.md)
  - [1.4.2 Self-Explaining 2](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-cognitive-science-for-educators-dr-robert-hausmann/1-4-2-self-explaining-2.md)
- 1.5 Expertise
  - [1.5.1 Expertise 1](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-cognitive-science-for-educators-dr-robert-hausmann/1-5-1-expertise-1.md)
  - [1.5.2 Expertise 2](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-cognitive-science-for-educators-dr-robert-hausmann/1-5-2-expertise-2.md)