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Rummel, Jan; Marevic, Ivan; Kuhlmann, Beatrice G. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
Intentional forgetting of previously learned information is an adaptive cognitive capability of humans but its cognitive underpinnings are not yet well understood. It has been argued that it strongly depends on the presentation method whether forgetting instructions alter storage or retrieval stages (Basden, Basden, & Gargano, 1993). In…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Memory, Models, Recall (Psychology)
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Lowenstein, Marc – Journal of General Education, 2015
Students' level of engagement with general education and their grasp of its goals are a problem at many institutions. Academic advising, which is often viewed as having the "signpost" function of directing students to the completion of their course requirements, has the potential instead to be a place where students learn to approach…
Descriptors: General Education, College Students, Higher Education, Academic Advising
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Smart, John C.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of Higher Education, 1987
The influence of previous college involvement, organizational characteristics, early career experiences, and current self-concept on the intention of college dropouts to resume their college education is examined. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Students, College Attendance, College Students