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Peer reviewedDinnel, Dale; Glover, John A. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1986
Contrasts sequential and relational processing manipulations of passages with manipulations which focus on individual lexical items and the propositions in which they are embedded. Finds recall to be superior when readers use sequential and relational processing during performance of individual item-specific lexical processing. (RS)
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Intentional Learning, Memory, Reading Research
Peer reviewedReynolds, Ralph E.; Schwartz, Robert M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
Context-dependent metaphoric sentences of literally equivalent paraphrases were used as concluding statements for short didactic passages to investigate whether metaphors help or hinder prose comprehension. Adult participants' recall protocols indicated increased memorability for passages with metaphoric conclusions. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Figurative Language, Incidental Learning
Meinke, Dean L.; And Others – 1982
Four separate experiments were completed using the same stimulus materials but different groups of subjects to determine if orienting tasks created problems of control in incidental/intentional learning studies. Subjects were all Caucasians and heterogeneous in age (from 24 to 64 years), educational experiences, and career choices. Those in the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Incidental Learning, Intentional Learning, Language Processing
