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ERIC Number: EJ436873
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Elaborative-Interrogation Effects Depend on the Nature of the Question.
Martin, Vicky L.; Pressley, Michael
Journal of Educational Psychology, v83 n1 p113-19 Mar 1991
Potential mechanisms mediating the facilitative effects of elaborative interrogation on associative memory were investigated with Canadian university students reading facts about Canadian provinces. One hundred subjects answered "why" questions about each fact, whereas 10 subjects in the control group did not. Conditions under which elaborative questions improve memory are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), College Students, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Memory, Recall (Psychology), Test Format
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Elaborative Interrogation; Questions