word problem solving in elementary school children. Participants were 79 sixth‐graders.
They were assigned to one of three groups: the self‐explanation group, the self‐learning
group, or the control group. Students in each group performed a ratio word problem test and
a transfer test. The results showed that students in the self‐explanation group outperformed
students in the other two groups on both the ratio word problem test and on the transfer test …