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ERIC Number: EJ598320
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
How Subject-Matter Knowledge Affects Recall and Interest.
Alexander, Patricia A.; Schulze, Sharon K.; Kulikowich, Jonna M.
American Educational Research Journal, v31 n2 p313-37 Sum 1994
Examined the influence of subject matter knowledge on students' recall of and interest in scientific exposition by assessing the topic knowledge and domain knowledge of 209 college students reading 2 passages from the physics domain. Findings tend to support a three-stage model of domain learning with an interactive picture of knowledge, recall, and interest. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Models, Physics, Recall (Psychology), Science Education, Student Interests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Domain Knowledge; Subject Content Knowledge
Note: Version of a paper presented at the International Congress of Psychology (25th, Brussels, Belgium, July 1992). Portions of the research also presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, CA, April 1992) and the National Reading Conference (Palm Springs, CA, December 1991).