Elaboration
Elaboration (from Latin ex- "out" + laborare "to work") is the act of adding more information to existing information to create a more complex, emergent whole. Elaboration is the variant of development implementation: creating new structure relations, putting together, drawing up.[1][2] It can be defined as adding details or "expanding on" an idea. It involves developing an idea by incorporating details to amplify the original simple idea. Elaboration enhances ideas and objects by providing nuance and detail.[3][4][5] Elaboration may involve planning or executing a task with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details.
Examples
In the law, a bill of particulars is an elaboration of allegations, theories of law, and facts contained in another pleading, such as a complaint, answer, or reply.
In mathematics, an iteration is the elaboration of a function.
See also
- Accuracy and precision – Characterization of measurement error
- Ambiguity – Type of uncertainty of meaning in which several interpretations are plausible
- Collaboration – Act of working together
- Metacognition – Thinking about thinking, higher-order thinking skills
- Minimum viable product – Prototype safe for public use
- Network science – Academic field
- Network theory – Study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
- Theory of mind – Ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others
- Verbosity – Speech or writing that uses more words than necessary
References
- Charles M. Reigeluth; Afnan Darwazeh (1982). The elaboration theory's procedure for designing instruction: A Conceptual Approach. Journal of Instructional Development. p. v5 n3 p22-32 Spr.
Describes the use of elaboration theory in selecting, sequencing, synthesizing, and summarizing instructional content that is predominantly conceptual in nature. The elaboration theory is summarized and the instructional design process based upon it is outlined.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Marko Luther, reviewer: Prof. Dr. Friedrich W. von Henke (2003). Elaboration and Erasure in Type Theory. Munich: Penn State College of IST. p. 7. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.139.346.
The design of elaboration is inspired by the conciseness of functional programming languages and is formally grounded on type inference in the underlying type theory.
- Ellis Paul Torrance, Torrance Framework for Creative Thinking, Bethel University (Minnesota)
- The University of Kansas, Elaboration Strategies
- Inga Jasmin Hoever, reviewer: Prof. Dr. H.G. Schmidt (2012). Diversity and Creativity: In Search of Synergy (PDF). Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam. p. 29.
In line with the definition of elaboration, the different scale levels detailed to which degree members mentioned different perspectives and information...