Elaboration was defined as the provision of explanations to each other and providing explanations in their own words.
We found the presentation of information in terms of the Arguments for favoured Candidates of Decisions was, broadly, a successful approach for the provision of explanations.
The provision of explanations in numerical formats (e.g. percentages are how often something happens out of one hundred) could be generalized and therefore children were less likely to require an explanation in subsequent trials of that format.
To separate out the impact of different components of treatment, a sham controlled trial design similar to that used by Kaptchuk and colleagues [ 10] could be used to determine whether or not the provision of explanations and life-style advice might (or might not) add to any overall effect, assuming that effects of different treatment components are additive rather than synergistic.
It has been suggested that the provision of an explanation of our having the intuitions we do would, in virtue of the impossibility of such propositions as we intuit having different truth values, suffice as an explanation of their reliability.
According to that argument, the provision of an explanation of the occurrence of the intuitions in question (the intuitings) which does not appeal to the truth of their contents (the intuiteds) undermines belief in their contents.
After provision of adequate explanation, written informed consent was obtained from all the patients prior to their entry into this study.
The Mann-Whitney U test was used to establish whether performance was affected by verbal ability, age group or the provision of an explanation.
After provision of adequate explanation, written informed consent for participation in this study was obtained from all the subjects prior to the sample collections.
The sole provision of self-explanation prompts, in contrast, fostered conceptual knowledge as well as skills.
Besides helping the user understand the output and rationale of the system, the provision of such explanations can also improve the general acceptance, perceived quality, or effectiveness of the system.
