Explain It Yourself

	Explain It Yourself
Contributors	Joseph Bergin, Jutta Eckstein, Markus Völter, Mariana Sipos, Eugene Wallingford, Klaus Marquardt, Jane Chandler, Helen Sharp, Mary Lynn Manns
Last modification	June 5, 2017
Source	Eckstein et al. (2002); Bergin et al. (2012)
Pattern formats	OPR Alexandrian
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Also Known As: Own Words.

Invite the students to express the key ideas of a complex topic using their own words. If a student uses her own words you will be better able to judge the level of real understanding^[2].

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↑ Eckstein, J., Bergin, J., & Sharp, H. (2002). Patterns for active learning. In Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP 2002).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Bergin, J., Eckstein, J., Völter, M., Sipos, M., Wallingford, E., Marquardt, K., Chandler, J., Sharp, H., and Manns, M.L. (2012). Pedagogical patterns: advice for educators. Joseph Bergin Software Tools.

[Eckstein2002-1] Eckstein, J., Bergin, J., & Sharp, H. (2002). Patterns for active learning. In Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP 2002).

[Bergin2012-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Bergin, J., Eckstein, J., Völter, M., Sipos, M., Wallingford, E., Marquardt, K., Chandler, J., Sharp, H., and Manns, M.L. (2012). Pedagogical patterns: advice for educators. Joseph Bergin Software Tools.

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