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Sophia C. Weissgerber; Denia Indah Permatasari Terhorst; Ralf Rummer – Metacognition and Learning, 2024
According to an aptitude-treatment interaction experiment (Lehmann et al., "Metacognition and Learning, 11," 89-105, 2016, N = 47, published in "Metacognition and Learning"), perceptually disfluent texts facilitated retention and comprehension performance (but not transfer performance) only for learners with higher working…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Metacognition, Generalization, Retention (Psychology)
Drobisz, Jack – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This research examined how four different animated pedagogical agent implementations, which focus on perceptual and inquiry arousal conditions of attention as defined in Keller's ARCS model of motivational design (Keller, 2009), impact English language learners' situational interest, cognitive load, and reading comprehension in online readings…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Animation
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Guthrie, John T. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Reflects on the importance of observation and documentation of detail in producing critical thinking and accurate writing. (AEA)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Memory, Perception, Perceptual Development
Pichert, James W.; Anderson, Richard C. – 1976
The two studies outlined in this report gauged college undergraduates' ability to learn and to recall the content of certain passages when provided with "directed perspectives" or context clues. In the first study, 63 subjects were divided into three groups, were asked to read two stories, and were assigned a perspective (home buyer,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Schemes, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Barclay, J. R. – 1975
The four papers in this collection discuss language perception and comprehension and report on experiments in those areas. The first paper, "The Influence of Non-Linguistic Knowledge on Perceiving and Verifying Sentences," discusses the reliance of language perception and comprehension on the interaction of linguistic and world…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Context Clues
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1979
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: children's development of syntactic aspects of reading comprehension, the relative contributions of the individual and the text in the comprehension and retention…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Connected Discourse