Developing Explanations

is a strategy in which learners are asked, or are prompted to ask themselves, questions that invite deep reasoning, such as why, how, what-if, and what-if not (as opposed to shallow questions such as who, what, when, and where) (Gholson et al., 2009).

a strategy in which learners produce explanations of material or of their thought processes while they are reading, answering questions, or solving problems

effective learning experience