Long-Term Prose Retention: Is an Organizational Schema Sufficient?.

McDaniel, Mark A.; Kerwin, Mary Louise E.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Long-Term Prose Retention: Is an Organizational Schema Sufficient?

McDaniel, Mark A.; Kerwin, Mary Louise E.

Discourse Processes, v10 n3 p237-52 Jul-Sep 1987

Examines (in two experiments) the effects of schematic and proposition-specific processing on long term story memory. Determines that recall of idea units was an additive function of the idea's importance. Finds that both proposition-specific and schema-related processing are important for long-term retention of narrative prose. (SKC)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Language Processing, Language Research, Long Term Memory, Prose, Psychological Studies, Recall (Psychology), Schemata (Cognition)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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