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Peer reviewedMcBride, Susan Diane; Dwyer, Francis M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1985
The instructional effectiveness and efficiency of organizational chunking and batched postquestions within the framework of an information processing approach to learning and memory were investigated. Results indicated that the chunked treatment was a more efficient learning strategy. The intervening postquestion strategy helped reduce completion…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education, Language Processing
Peer reviewedDwyer, Francis M.; Moore, David M. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1992
Describes a study of undergraduate students at Pennsylvania State University that was conducted to assess the impact of instructional color coding on visually and verbally oriented tests and on field dependence independence. Use of the GEFT (Group Embedded Figures Test) is discussed, and differences in cognitive processes are considered. (11…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Color, Criterion Referenced Tests
Dwyer, Carol A.; Dwyer, Francis M. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1987
Reviews study of undergraduates which evaluated the effects that variations in depth of information processing have on students' memory systems in terms of their ability to acquire and retrieve information related to different types of instructional objectives. The effect of visual versus verbal testing of visualized instruction is also examined.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Criterion Referenced Tests
