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Instructional Explanation

Instructional Explanation is a pedagogical communication strategy that belongs to the category of classroom discourse practices, distinguished by its purpose of clarifying concepts, procedures, or principles through structured, teacher-generated language aimed at fostering student understanding within academic settings.

92

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8.4K

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166

Authors

86

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

19

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Publications

92

The nature of science and instructional practice: Making the unnatural natural

Fouad Abd‐El‐Khalick, Randy L. Bell, Norman G. Lederman · Science Education · 1998 · 1K citations

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Moving From the Old to the New: Research on Reading Comprehension Instruction

Janice A. Dole, Gerald G. Duffy, Laura R. Roehler et al. · Review of Educational Research · 1991 · 722 citations

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Critical Information Literacy: Implications for Instructional Practice

James K. Elmborg · The Journal of Academic Librarianship · 2006 · 545 citations

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Worked-out examples: instructional explanations support learning by self-explanations

Alexander Renkl · Learning and Instruction · 2002 · 449 citations

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Encouraging Mindful Use of Prior Knowledge: Attempting to Construct Explanatory Answers Facilitates Learning

Michael Pressley, Eileen Wood, Vera Woloshyn et al. · Educational Psychologist · 1992 · 376 citations

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Authors

166

  1. AR
    Alexander Renkl

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    8 publications · 963 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. GL
    Gaea Leinhardt

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    5 publications · 338 citations

    5

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  3. KB
    Kirsten Berthold

    Bielefeld University, Germany

    5 publications · 174 citations

    5

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  4. JR
    Julian Roelle

    Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    4 publications · 148 citations

    4

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  5. LR
    Laura R. Roehler

    Michigan State University, United States

    4 publications · 875 citations

    4

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Institutions

86

  1. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Bielefeld University

    Bielefeld, Germany

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    291 citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    303 citations

  6. University of Illinois System

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    810 citations

  7. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    177 citations

  8. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien

    Tübingen, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    191 citations

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Venues

  1. Instructional Science

    8 publications · 262 citations

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  2. Learning and Instruction

    6 publications · 808 citations

    6

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  3. Journal of Educational Psychology

    5 publications · 530 citations

    5

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  4. Cognition and Instruction

    4 publications · 726 citations

    4

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  5. Educational Psychology Review

    2 publications · 90 citations

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