For Those Who Teach

Are We Clear? Tips for Crafting Better Explanations

By Maryellen Weimer
November 18, 2015

How many explanations do you think you offer during a full week of teaching? Explanations are one of teaching’s most central activities and yet something we rarely think about, in general, or how we do them, specifically. Maybe we can remedy that by considering some features of clear explanations.

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