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Does Practice Make Perfect? The Effects of Repetition on Student Learning.

Annis, Linda F.; Annis, David B. – 1987

Past research shows that repetition results in increased learning. However, it is not clear whether repetition adds more information to memory (quantitative hypothesis), or allows the learner to use a more sophisticated method of encoding (qualitative hypothesis). This study investigates the process and effectiveness of repetition as a study…

Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories

Electronic Text Display: An Experiment on Page Turning and Window Effect.

Yeaman, Andrew R. J. – 1987

The effects on reading speed and comprehension of window proportions and page turning in electronic text were investigated in this study. Subjects--61 undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin--Whitewater--were administered a standardized reading text displayed as photocopied dot matrix print in simulation of electronic text. There…

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Intermode Differences