Glossary term
What is Self-explanation?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Self-explanation" means: Explaining in your own words how or why something works, to find what you do not yet understand. It is taught in Learn Faster and Get More Done. Related terms include Blocked practice, Deliberate practice, Interleaved practice and Switch cost. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Self-explanation?
Explaining in your own words how or why something works, to find what you do not yet understand.
Where is Self-explanation taught?
Self-explanation is defined in Learn Faster and Get More Done.
Which lessons cover Self-explanation?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Learn Faster and Get More Done, lesson 2.4: Explain It in Your Own Words
Which terms are related to Self-explanation?
Next to Self-explanation in the course glossaries: Blocked practice, Deliberate practice, Interleaved practice, Switch cost, Leitner box system, Attention residue, Cramming (massed practice) and Focus block.
Blocked practiceDeliberate practiceInterleaved practiceSwitch costLeitner box systemAttention residueCramming (massed practice)Focus block
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Self-explanation?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Learn Faster and Get More Done: None. You need one skill you want to learn and some time each week to practise it.