Differential Forgetting of Superordinate and Subordinate Information Acquired from Prose Material.

Miller, Raymond B.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ184174

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Publication Date: 1977

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Differential Forgetting of Superordinate and Subordinate Information Acquired from Prose Material

Miller, Raymond B.; And Others

Journal of Educational Psychology, 69, 6, 730-5, Dec 77

The superior retention of superordinate ideas over time was replicated in this study which demonstrated the construct validity of a recognition test based upon the structure of a prose passage. A link was made between existing data on memory for prose and past theory: Ausubel's subsumption theory and Craik and Lockhart's levels-of-processing framework. (Author/CP)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Literature Reviews, Memory, Organization, Prose, Retention (Psychology), Verbal Learning

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