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Semb, George B.; Ellis, John A. – 1992
The question examined in this paper is: what is known exactly about variables that affect long-term retention of knowledge learned in school? U. Neisser (1982) asserts that "it is difficult to find even a single study, ancient or modern, of what is retained from academic instruction." Further, popular belief holds that much of the knowledge…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Educational Research, Higher Education, Individual Differences
