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ERIC Number: EJ517193
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-476X
The Effects of a Knowledge Base Manipulation on Individual Differences in Processing Speed and Recall.
Muir-Broaddus, Jacqueline; And Others
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v20 n4 p403-09 Oct 1995
A study was conducted of differences in processing speed and recall with 61 10th-grade biology students studying a unit on plants and controls who took only the unit tests. Processing speed and recall improved as much for students completing the unit as for controls. (SLD)
Descriptors: Biology, Causal Models, Cognitive Processes, Grade 10, High School Students, High Schools, Knowledge Level, Recall (Psychology)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Research was made possible by the Cullen Faculty Development Program at Southwestern University (Texas). Portions of this paper presented at the Conference on Human Development (Pittsburgh, PA, April 14-16, 1994).