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A Two-Factor Model of the Effect of Goal-Descriptive Directions on Learning from Text

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Rothkopf, E. Z.; Billington, M. J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975

The purpose of this experiment was to develop a more explicit conceptual model regarding how learning goals influence learning from text than is currently available. (Author/DEP)

Descriptors: College Students, Incidental Learning, Learning Processes, Memory

Relevance and Similarity of Text Elements to Descriptions of Learning Goals

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Rothkopf, E. Z.; Billington, M. J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975

Examines the relationship between the number of learning goals and decreased performance on goal-relevant test items, and explores characteristics of goal-descriptive directions that influence the recall of incidental information from text. (BJG)

Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Incidental Learning, Learning

Exploration of the Effect of Density and Specificity of Instructional Objectives on Learning from Text

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Rothkopf, E. Z.; Kaplan R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972

Experiment was an attempt to explore the use of instructional objectives as directions that describe the relevant instructional content in written discourse to subjects. (Authors)

Descriptors: Comprehension, Direction Writing, Incidental Learning, Instruction

The Effect of Presenting Objectives Prior to Text.

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Kaplan, R.; Rothkopf, E. Z. – 1972

This study examined the effects of four characteristics of instructional objectives presented to the student prior to reading, upon intentional and incidental learning. The most salient result was produced by providing instructional objectives to the student prior to the text. The main findings were that (a) density increases (Proportion of…

Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Factor Analysis, Incidental Learning, Instructional Design