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Peer reviewedAdejumo, Dayo – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1983
The effect of cognitive style on the performance of four groups of college students (n=326) who used different strategies of study to comprehend prose was investigated. The cognitive styles of the subjects (field dependence/independence) interacted with the strategies of study and seem to affect performance on comprehension of prose at posttest.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Interaction, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedBrooks, Larry W.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
Two experiments examined the effects of embedded and intact (outline) headings on the processing of complex text material by college students. Results indicated that embedded headings reliably improved delayed test performance. It was further found that instructions in the use of headings as processing aids facilitated test performance. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Comprehension, Cues, Higher Education
