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Publication Date: 1994
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The Effects of Test Expectancy on Processing and Memory of Prose.
McDaniel, Mark A.; And Others
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v19 n2 p230-48 Apr 1994
Two experiments with 112 college students investigated how subjects might modulate their reading strategies as a function of how they expect to be tested. Test-expectancy subjects, regardless of the test expected, are more apt to identify and focus on important information than are subjects without a specific test expectancy. (SLD)
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Language: English
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