Self Explanation Prompts and Worked Examples
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Introduction

Introduction
The Why

1.1 The Why: An overview of research into self-explanation
1.2 Eliciting self-explanations Improves Understanding
1.3 Promoting transfer Effects of self-explanation
1.4 Promoting Self-Explanation to Improve Mathematics Learning
The What

2.1 What does this look like in a mathematics classroom
2.2 Example 1 Substitution
2.3 Example 2 Approximating
2.4 Example 3 Double Inequalities
2.5 Example 4 Pythagoras Theorem
2.6 Example 5 Method Selection
2.7 Examples Handout
The How

3.1 Writing prompts
3.2 Tutorial 1 Adding fractions
3.3 Tutorial 2 Perimeter of part circles
3.4 Tutorial 3 HCF
3.5 Tutorial 4 Shading Regions
3.6 Tutorial 5 Integration
3.7 Tutorial Handout
TASKS

4.1 Tasks Introduction
4.2 Tasks Handout
4.3 Task 1 Standard Form
4.4 Task 2 Quadratic Formula
4.5 Task 3 Trigonometry
4.6 Task 4 Sequences
4.7 Suggested prompts for Tasks
Final thoughts

5 Final thoughts

Self Explanation Prompts and Worked Examples

This course examines the research, practice and implementation of self-explanation prompts and worked examples It demonstrates how self-explanation prompts can be used with worked examples to increase students' mathematical discussion.