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Peer reviewedKraft, Goldie S.; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Describes two experiments in which high school students who studied a map/prose combination expected either a spatial/locational or verbal/event posttest. Results indicate test expectation instructions significantly influenced kinds of information students were able to recall, and type of preinstructional expectation had a pronounced effect on how…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Expectation, Geographic Location, Instructional Design
