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Self-Explanation Training Improves Proof Comprehension

    • Loughborough University

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    Abstract

    In this article, the authors report 3 experiments demonstrating that a simple booklet containing self-explanation training, designed to focus students' attention on logical relationships within a mathematical proof, can significantly improve their proof comprehension.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)62-101
    Number of pages40
    JournalJournal for Research in Mathematics Education
    Volume45
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014

    Keywords

    • mathematics education
    • self-explanation
    • mathematical proofs
    • Eye tracking
    • undergraduate mathematics
    • proof comprehension
    • mathematical reading

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