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Anderson, D. Chris; Jensen, Larry – J Educ Psychol, 1970
The interference effect of subsequent learning on the retention of material already learned is investigated employing difficult prose passages and a recall test. (PR)
Descriptors: Inhibition, Interference (Language), Learning Problems, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedSowder, Larry – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1974
Investigated were the effects of five verbalizing methods (subject speaks, reads, writes, listens, or does not verbalize) on short-term retention of the ability to use discovered generalizations. No significant differences were found among the effects of the verbalizing methods for a retention test. (JP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Discovery Learning, Elementary School Teachers, Language Usage
Moeser, Shannon Dawn – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1979
The fan effect (the difficulty in retrieving any one fact after learning many about a concept) occurs only when the facts with repeated concepts are stored as independent episodes. It tells us nothing about the code formed by a pattern of interconnected concepts. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
