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Phrase of the day: Elaborative Interrogation - Generating an explanation for why an explicitly stated fact or concept is

Phrase of the day: Elaborative Interrogation - Generating an explanation for why an explicitly stated fact or concept is true. Evidence suggests it is moderately effective and should be very familiar for anyone with young children in their family.

It is one of ten techniques frequently used by learners when studying and it has been reviewed by the authors of this paper titled "Improving Students' Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology", Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4-58.

Source: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/journals...

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