Elaborative-Interrogation Effects Depend on the Nature of the Question.

Martin, Vicky L.; Pressley, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ436873

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Publication Date: 1991

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Elaborative-Interrogation Effects Depend on the Nature of the Question.

Martin, Vicky L.; Pressley, Michael

Journal of Educational Psychology, v83 n1 p113-19 Mar 1991

Potential mechanisms mediating the facilitative effects of elaborative interrogation on associative memory were investigated with Canadian university students reading facts about Canadian provinces. One hundred subjects answered "why" questions about each fact, whereas 10 subjects in the control group did not. Conditions under which elaborative questions improve memory are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Association (Psychology), College Students, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Memory, Recall (Psychology), Test Format

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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