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Peer reviewedMartin, Vicky L.; Pressley, Michael – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
Potential mechanisms mediating the facilitative effects of elaborative interrogation on associative memory were investigated with Canadian university students reading facts about Canadian provinces. One hundred subjects answered "why" questions about each fact, whereas 10 subjects in the control group did not. Conditions under which…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), College Students, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries
Direct linkNottis, Katharyn E. K.; Kastner, Margaret E. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2005
Many topics in chemistry are difficult for learners to understand, including symmetry. Reasons for this difficulty include its multi-level content, instructional methodologies utilized, and learner variables. This study examined the effect of initial instructional modality and prior knowledge on learning of point group symmetry. Forty-four…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Lecture Method, Comparative Testing, Pretests Posttests
