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Jackson, Robert G.; Dwyer, Francis M. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1995
A study of 144 college students divided into high and low prior-knowledge groups and assigned to four treatment groups found (1) little interaction between prior knowledge of the human cardiovascular system and treatment and (2) significant effects on the drawing test. Terminology and elaboration tests revealed little effects among treatments.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cardiovascular System, College Students, Educational Research