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ERIC Number: EJ182442
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Memory for Prose as a Function of Learning Strategy and Inspection Time
Geiselman, Ralph E.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 69, 5, 547-55, Oct 77
Providing specific instructions on reading material to be retained or to be forgotten induced college students to study all the material at a slower pace. A second experiment indicated that increased reading time was necessary for retention of the emphasized sentences. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Factual Reading, Higher Education, Learning Motivation, Process Education, Prose, Reading Comprehension, Retention (Psychology), Time Factors (Learning)
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