Elaboration and Recall of Main Ideas in Prose.

Palmere, Mark; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ292501

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Publication Date: 1983

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Elaboration and Recall of Main Ideas in Prose.

Palmere, Mark; And Others

Journal of Educational Psychology, v75 n6 p898-907 Dec 1983

This study examines the utility of an elaboration hypothesis as a means of predicting the recall of major ideas from text through the manipulation of paragraphs and via the use of inserted questions requiring different levels of elaboration. (PN)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education, Learning Processes, Memory, Prose, Recall (Psychology)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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