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ERIC Number: EJ478631
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-476X
Generating Summaries and Analogies Alone and in Pairs.
Hooper, Simon; And Others
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v19 n1 p53-62 Jan 1994
Effects on achievement of generating summaries or analogies while reading a lengthy text were studied for 111 undergraduate students randomly assigned to paired or individual conditions. Posttest results were higher for those who generated summaries, and students scored more highly working alone. Implications are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Correlation, Higher Education, Individual Activities, Pretests Posttests, Scores, Small Group Instruction, Teaching Methods, Test Results, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analogies; Generative Processes; Summarization