Long-term Retention of Information Following Learning from Prose.

Gagne, Ellen D.

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ERIC Number: EJ200561

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Publication Date: 1978

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Long-term Retention of Information Following Learning from Prose.

Gagne, Ellen D.

Review of Educational Research, v48 n4 p629-65 Fall 1978

Variables affecting long-term retention are examined: (1) learner history--including ability, prior knowledge and self-confidence; (2) events (teaching techniques) occurring immediately before reading; (3) events occurring during reading; and (4) events in the retention interval, particularly practice effects. The ACT associationist model is used to interpret these variables. (CP)

Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Literature Reviews, Memory, Models, Performance Factors, Prose, Reading Processes, Retention (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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