Essentially, elaboration is encoding the original content in a different but related way. There are primarily two kinds of elaboration: visual and verbal. For example, to learn the pair “cow-ball” a person could form a visual image of a cow kicking a ball.

What is elaboration for learning strategies?

An elaboration strategy is where the student uses elements of what is to be learned and expands them. The student expands the target information by relating other information to it (ex. creating a phrase, making an analogy).

What is elaborate in lesson plan?

Elaboration is the process of making meaningful connections or associations to a particular idea or concept. The process requires one to think about how ideas, concepts, experiences or prior knowledge are related to the new lesson or idea.