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Direct linkKornell, Nate; Metcalfe, Janet – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2006
One of the most important reasons to investigate human metacognition is its role in directing how people study. However, limited evidence exists that metacognitively guided study benefits learning. Three experiments are presented that provide evidence for this link. In Experiment 1, participants' learning was enhanced when they were allowed to…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Study, Learning, Educational Experiments
Hodgetts, Helen M.; Jones, Dylan M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2006
A series of experiments introduced interruptions to the execution phase of simple Tower of London problems and found that the opportunity for preparation before the break in task reduced the time cost at resumption. Retrieval of the suspended goal was facilitated when participants were given the opportunity to encode retrieval cues during an…
Descriptors: Cues, Context Effect, Time on Task, Task Analysis
