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ERIC Number: EJ197262
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978-Oct
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Effects of Motivation, Subject Activity, and Readability on the Retention of Prose Materials.
Fass, Warren; Schumacher, Gary M.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v70 n5 p803-07 Oct 1978
Undergraduates read a prose passage and were tested on its contents. Difficulty, permission to underline key phrases, and financial motivation were varied. Non-highly motivated subjects performed better on the easy version; underlining aided highly motivated subjects and those reading the difficult version. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation, Performance Factors, Prose, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Retention (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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