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ERIC Number: EJ440401
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-476X
Prior Conceptual Knowledge and Textbook Search.
Byrnes, James P.; Guthrie, John T.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v17 n1 p8-29 Jan 1992
The role of a subject's conceptual knowledge in the procedural task of searching a text for information was studied for 51 college undergraduates in 2 experiments involving knowledge of anatomy. Students with more anatomical information were able to search a text more quickly. Educational implications are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Level, Prior Learning, Search Strategies, Textbooks, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Knowledge; Procedural Knowledge; Subject Content Knowledge; Text Processing (Reading)
Note: Portions of this paper were presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Boston, MA, April 16-20, 1990).