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Peer reviewedFurukawa, James M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
High cognitive processing capacity (CPC) students were superior to low-CPC students in prose learning. Of the four learning modes--programmed instruction (PI), control, chunking study outline, and adjunct questions--PI was the most effective. Substantial CPC and performance correlations and poor long-term retention suggested that PI was not best…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning Processes
