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Self-Explanation Effects on Chess Learning: Metacognitive Strategies

Explore the impact of self-explanation on skill acquisition in chess, focusing on metacognitive activities and cognitive load. Results show how self-explanations enhance principled understanding even in novices.

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Self-Explanation Effects on Chess Learning: Metacognitive Strategies

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  1. Metacognition and cognitive load The effect of self-explanation when learning to play chess Anique de Bruin Erasmus University Rotterdam

  2. Goal present studies • Initial framework:  Expertise development • Deliberate practice (Ericsson et al., 1993): • metacognitive activities crucial for expertise development • Rehearsal and correction of errors

  3. Metacognitive strategies • Self-explanations: • Process more deliberately • Recognizing inconsistencies • Stimulate integration new information  Enhances accuracy metacognition

  4. Metacognition in skill acquisition • To what extent do metacognitive activities foster learning in skill domains (chess)? • non-verbal nature of material • no explicit information provided • novices

  5. Self-explanations in chess • Three groups (N = 15 per group): • Observation only (O) • Predict next move (PO) • Predict and self-explain next move (PSE)

  6. Procedure • Three phases: • Basic rules • Learning phase: • Predict and self-explain • Prediction only • Observation • Test phase: play against computer

  7. Discover chess principles • Chess rules: too little information to play endgame • Chess principles necessary: • King checkmated at the edge of the board • Rook minimizes space of the King What instruction fosters development of principled understanding most?

  8. Results learning phase

  9. Self-explanations • Three categories: • Basic chess rules • Partial explanation of principles • Complete explanation of principles

  10. Results self-explanations • Median split on number of SEs: • High-explainers: >51 (mean=95.1) • Low-explainers: <51 (mean=32.4)  Compare differences in SE and chess performance between high- and low-explainers

  11. Chess rule explanations

  12. Partial principle explanations

  13. Complete principle explanations

  14. Results self-explanations • Test exercises: high-expl more checkmate than low-expl • However: No difference in time needed to self-explain

  15. Results test phase

  16. Cognitive load • From CL perspective surprising: • Despite low prior knowledge, prediction + self-explanation foster learning better principled understanding What (meta)cognitive mechanisms explain SE effect in novices?

  17. Conclusions I • More explanation of basic chess rules  better discovery of principles • Rehearsing basic rules frees up processing resources for principle discovery

  18. Conclusions II • Verbalization of self-explanations crucial: No effect in PO condition • Meaningful self-explanations • Wording of the SE instruction: Explain why the computer would make that move • No re-reads (as in text learning) possible • Verbalized (partial) discoveries of principles receive more activation in WM

  19. Future research • Examine covert self-explanation in PO condition • Test effect SE only • Manipulate rehearsal of basic chess rules to test effect on principle discovery

  20. Thank you Questions?

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