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ERIC Number: EJ388064
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Effects of Schemata on Both Encoding and Retrieval of Information from Prose.
Kardash, Carol Anne M.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n3 p324-29 Sep 1988
Two studies involving 127 undergraduates provide a direct test of whether an activated schema can influence both the initial encoding and subsequent retrieval of information from prose. Results indicate that schema activation exerts an influence on retrieval processes but not on encoding processes. (TJH)
Descriptors: Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education, Information Processing, Prose, Recall (Psychology), Schemata (Cognition), Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Prose Learning; Retrieval (Memory); Sentence Verification
Note: A version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Washington, DC, April 20-24, 1987).