What Do College Students Get from a Memory-Improvement Course?.

Higbee, Kenneth L.

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ERIC Number: EJ398838

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Publication Date: 1989

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What Do College Students Get from a Memory-Improvement Course?

Higbee, Kenneth L.

Reading Improvement, v26 n2 p118-23 Sum 1989

Investigates effects on college students of a memory improvement course. Reports that the benefits of the course (short-term increased perception of memory abilities and use of memory techniques) are related more to skills than to knowledge. (RS)

Descriptors: College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies, Memorization, Memory, Mnemonics, Sex Differences, Study Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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