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ERIC Number: EJ156036
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Reorganization and the Recall of Prose
Shimmerlik, Susan M.; Nolan, John D.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 6, 779-86, Dec 76
The hypothesis that reorganizing written material while taking notes would aid free recall was evaluated in two experiments with high school juniors. Results are discussed in terms of the encoding variability hypothesis which predicts that reorganizing material aids recall. (RC)
Descriptors: High School Students, Memory, Organization, Prose, Recall (Psychology), Study Skills
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