NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ485750
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0361-476X
Analogies (Adages) as Aids for Comprehending Structural Relations in Text.
Moreno, Virginia; Di Vesta, Francis J.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v19 n2 p179-98 Apr 1994
In 2 experiments involving a total of 43 college students, adages (relational metaphors) were found to facilitate processing of general ideas and higher-order principles. The higher the degree of structural relations embedded in the titles of passages, the greater the recall and accessibility of system-related ideas. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Metaphors, Pilot Projects, Proverbs, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology), Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Analogies; Relational Concepts; Test Characteristics