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ERIC Number: EJ275539
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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Fieldwork in Geography and Long-term Memory Structures.
Mackenzie, Andrew A.; White, Richard T.
American Educational Research Journal, v19 n4 p623-32. Win 1982
Three treatments based on the model of memory proposed by R.M. Gagne and R.T. White were compared in their effects on eighth- and ninth-graders' learning and retention of geographical facts and skills. The first treatment had an active excursion, the second had a passive excursion, and the third had no excursion. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, Field Trips, Geography Instruction, Junior High Schools, Long Term Memory, Models, Retention (Psychology), Teaching Methods, Verbal Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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