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ERIC Number: EJ391512
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Relationship of Student Interest and Advance Organizer Effectiveness.
Lane, David S., Jr.; And Others
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v13 n1 p15-25 Jan 1988
Two studies of the relationship between learner interest and advance organizers (AOs) with test performance were conducted: one with 33 and one with 66 undergraduates. Although the AO had no effect on test performance, student interest appeared affected by the presence of an AO. (SLD)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Comprehension, Higher Education, Interest Inventories, Interest Research, Learning Strategies, Multiple Choice Tests, Performance Factors, Scores, Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Preliminary results for this paper were presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, CA, April 16-20, 1986).