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Freebody, Peter; Anderson, Richard C. – 1981
Multiple regression was used to examine the relationship between the serial position and the rated importance of a proposition in a text and the probability of its appearance in free recall protocols. Eight passages were used in the study--four from a standard social studies textbook and four written for the study. Each passage was divided into…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes