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Peer reviewedDerry, Sharon J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
In this study on the interactive effects of advance organizers and reasoning skills, 112 undergraduates read a literature text preceded by either a comparative advance organizer or a placebo introduction. Results suggest that instructional organizers produce neither serious loss nor substantial benefits for many purposes of communication. (BS)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Advance Organizers, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education
