Authors: Mark Hodds, Lara Alcock, Matthew Inglis
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The ‘‘self-explanation’’ strategy has been found to enhance problem solving and comprehension in learners across a wide variety of academic subjects. It can help you to better understand mathematical proofs: in one recent research study students who had worked through these materials before reading a proof scored 30% higher than a control group on a subsequent proof comprehension test.