Does Answering Higher Level Questions While Reading Facilitate Productive Learning?.

Andre, Thomas

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Publication Date: 1979

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Does Answering Higher Level Questions While Reading Facilitate Productive Learning?

Andre, Thomas

Review of Educational Research, v49 n2 p280-318 Spr 1979

Research on levels of questioning and their effects on learning is reviewed. It is shown that higher level questions facilitate reproductive and productive knowledge, but the reasons why are not clearly understood. An information processing model which accounts for question level effects is discussed. (MH)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Educational Research, Learning Processes, Models, Productive Thinking, Questioning Techniques, Reading, Reading Processes, Recall (Psychology), Research Reviews (Publications), Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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