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Peer reviewedAnderson, Richard C.; Kulhavy, Raymond W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972
From evidence of this study it appears that a person will learn more from a prose passage if he forms images of the things and events described in the passage. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, High School Students, Imagery, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedSchmid, Richard F.; Kulhavy, Raymond W. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1981
Context orientation and depth of processing were tested as possible explanations for thematic organization. The process of searching for the theme of prose passages was detrimental to recall. Theme statements facilitated recall when provided prior to each passage. The theme search process was beneficial only when the correct theme was identified.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Clues, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedDean, Raymond S.; Kulhavy, Raymond W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
In two experiments, undergraduates did/did not create a maplike representation while learning a passage, and were either forced to study the map, instructed to study, or given no map prior to reading. Free-recall data showed that forced map study benefited learners with low vocabulary scores. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intentional Learning, Learning Processes, Prose
