The 'Silent Teacher': Learning by Teaching via Writing a Verbatim Teaching Script
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| Title: | The 'Silent Teacher': Learning by Teaching via Writing a Verbatim Teaching Script |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Lim, Kagen Y. L. (ORCID |
| Source: | Applied Cognitive Psychology. Nov-Dec 2021 35(6):1492-1501. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Teaching Methods, Scripts, Notetaking, Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Teacher Education |
| DOI: | 10.1002/acp.3881 |
| ISSN: | 0888-4080 |
| Abstract: | Learning by teaching others is a potent educational strategy, but its implementation is typically cumbersome. This study (N = 108) investigated "silent teaching"--writing a verbatim teaching script--as a convenient approach for independent learning, while assessing whether the teaching benefit is a production benefit. Learners studied a science text on the Doppler effect using one of three learning methods: (1) generating and studying their own notes (restudying control), (2) preparing to teach and then verbally teaching (verbal teaching), or (3) preparing to teach and then writing a verbatim teaching script (silent teaching). On a conceptual knowledge retention test 1 week later, participants who wrote teaching scripts performed as well as those who taught verbally; both teaching groups outperformed control learners. Verbal and silent teaching significantly increased social presence and elaboration to comparable extents, relative to restudying. "Silent teaching" is a promising and efficient alternative learning approach to traditional verbal teaching. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1315998 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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