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ERIC Number: EJ396043
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Effect of Self-Selected Study Methods on Learning.
Wade, Suzanne E.; Trathen, Woodrow
Journal of Educational Psychology, v81 n1 p40-47 Mar 1989
Whether the noting of ideas in a text (by underlining, highlighting, or taking notes) is a mediating variable between importance and the learning of those ideas was assessed, using 160 college students. Ability, prereading of main idea questions, and retrospective probe questions were also assessed as variables. (TJH)
Descriptors: College Students, High Achievement, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Low Achievement, Mediation Theory, Notetaking, Questioning Techniques, Reading Strategies, Recall (Psychology), Study Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Expository Text; Main Idea; Text Processing (Reading); Underlining