Effects of Motivation, Subject Activity, and Readability on the Retention of Prose Materials.

Fass, Warren; Schumacher, Gary M.

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Publication Date: 1978-Oct

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Effects of Motivation, Subject Activity, and Readability on the Retention of Prose Materials.

Fass, Warren; Schumacher, Gary M.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v70 n5 p803-07 Oct 1978

Undergraduates read a prose passage and were tested on its contents. Difficulty, permission to underline key phrases, and financial motivation were varied. Non-highly motivated subjects performed better on the easy version; underlining aided highly motivated subjects and those reading the difficult version. (Author/RD)

Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation, Performance Factors, Prose, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Retention (Psychology)

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