This course has been developed with Dr Derek Bruff from Vanderbilt University, USA, and Professor James M. Lang, the author of Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, speaker, education consultant, USA. The course includes short videos, activities, and discussion prompts. In this course you will learn:
- Why self-explanation helps to build cognitive skills;
- How to use peer instruction methodologies to include self-explanation activities in large classes;
- The importance of scaffolding self-explanation activities to get the best from novice students.
What’s InSIDE
- 20 minutes
- 5 Lessons
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