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Download full textKoser, Sandra G.; Natkin, Gerald – 1972
The role of imagery formation as a mnemonic device in drawing valid inferences from a prose passage was studied. The 72 undergraduate subjects were divided into two groups: one given instructions to form images for the objects discussed in the text, the other given instructions to repeat each sentence five times. Half the passages consisted of…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Imagery
Anderson, Dennis L.; Byers, Joe L. – 1971
Retroactive interference (RI) in prose learning was investigated in an experiment where passages were constructed on the basis of a predetermined logical structure. This structure made it possible to operationally define similarity and assess the effects of RI for inferential information as well as that stated directly in the original passage.…
Descriptors: College Students, Connected Discourse, Educational Research, Learning
