Change your Mind: Investigating the Effects of Self-Explanation in the Resolution of Misconceptions

Laura K. Allen; Danielle S. McNamara; Matthew T. McCrudden

Change your Mind: Investigating the Effects of Self-Explanation in the Resolution of Misconceptions

Laura K. Allen, Danielle S. McNamara, Matthew T. McCrudden

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Abstract

We investigated the differential effects of self-explaining a refutational text, compared to thinking aloud or rereading. Undergraduate students (n = 105) read a refutational text about natural selection and were asked to either self-explain, think-aloud, or re-read the text. Then they completed a posttest that assessed general knowledge of natural selection. Students who self-explained the refutational text subsequently outperformed their peers on a test of their knowledge of natural selection. Additionally, the results suggest that both instructional and performance differences were significantly linked to the degree of causal cohesion present within students' natural language responses to the text (i.e., self-explanations and think-alouds).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015
Editors	David C. Noelle, Rick Dale, Anne Warlaumont, Jeff Yoshimi, Teenie Matlock, Carolyn D. Jennings, Paul P. Maglio
Publisher	The Cognitive Science Society
Pages	78-83
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780991196722
State	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Mind, Technology, and Society, CogSci 2015 - Pasadena, United States Duration: Jul 23 2015 → Jul 25 2015

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Name	Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015

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Conference	37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Mind, Technology, and Society, CogSci 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pasadena
Period	7/23/15 → 7/25/15

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Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by the Institute for Educational Sciences (IES R305A130124) and National Science Foundation (NSF REC0241144; IIS-0735682). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the IES or NSF.

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© Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015.All rights reserved.

Keywords

cohesion
comprehension
computational linguistics
conceptual change
self-explanation
strategies

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Allen, L. K., McNamara, D. S., & McCrudden, M. T. (2015). Change your Mind: Investigating the Effects of Self-Explanation in the Resolution of Misconceptions. In D. C. Noelle, R. Dale, A. Warlaumont, J. Yoshimi, T. Matlock, C. D. Jennings, & P. P. Maglio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015 (pp. 78-83). (Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015). The Cognitive Science Society.

Change your Mind: Investigating the Effects of Self-Explanation in the Resolution of Misconceptions. / Allen, Laura K.; McNamara, Danielle S.; McCrudden, Matthew T.
Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015. ed. / David C. Noelle; Rick Dale; Anne Warlaumont; Jeff Yoshimi; Teenie Matlock; Carolyn D. Jennings; Paul P. Maglio. The Cognitive Science Society, 2015. p. 78-83 (Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Allen, LK, McNamara, DS & McCrudden, MT 2015, Change your Mind: Investigating the Effects of Self-Explanation in the Resolution of Misconceptions. in DC Noelle, R Dale, A Warlaumont, J Yoshimi, T Matlock, CD Jennings & PP Maglio (eds), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015, The Cognitive Science Society, pp. 78-83, 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Mind, Technology, and Society, CogSci 2015, Pasadena, United States, 7/23/15.

Allen LK, McNamara DS, McCrudden MT. Change your Mind: Investigating the Effects of Self-Explanation in the Resolution of Misconceptions. In Noelle DC, Dale R, Warlaumont A, Yoshimi J, Matlock T, Jennings CD, Maglio PP, editors, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015. The Cognitive Science Society. 2015. p. 78-83. (Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015).

Allen, Laura K. ; McNamara, Danielle S. ; McCrudden, Matthew T. / Change your Mind : Investigating the Effects of Self-Explanation in the Resolution of Misconceptions. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015. editor / David C. Noelle ; Rick Dale ; Anne Warlaumont ; Jeff Yoshimi ; Teenie Matlock ; Carolyn D. Jennings ; Paul P. Maglio. The Cognitive Science Society, 2015. pp. 78-83 (Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015).

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