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    "pk": 29360,
    "title": "Explanation Supports Hypothesis Generation in Learning",
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    "abstract": "A large body of research has shown that engaging in\nexplanation improves learning across a range of tasks. The act\nof explaining has been proposed to draw attention and\ncognitive resources toward evidence that will support a good\nexplanation—information that is broad, abstract, and\nconsistent with prior knowledge—which in turn aids discovery\nand generalization. However, it remains unclear whether\nexplanation acts on the learning process via improved\nhypothesis generation, increasing the probability that the\ncorrect hypothesis is considered in the first place, or hypothesis\nevaluation, the appraisal of the correct hypothesis in light of\nevidence. In the present study, we address this question by\nseparating the hypothesis generation and evaluation processes\nin a novel category learning task and quantifying the effect of\nexplanation on each process independently. We find that\nexplanation supports the generation of broad and abstract\nhypotheses but has less effect on the evaluation of hypotheses.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "explanation; learning; inference; hypothesis\ngeneration; hypothesis evaluation"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Human Learning",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2s08t5ck",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Erik",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Brockbank",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California San Diego",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Caren",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Walker",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California San Diego",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2020-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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