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ERIC Number: EJ443903
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Elaborative-Interrogation and Prior-Knowledge Effects on Learning of Facts.
Woloshyn, Vera E.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v84 n1 p115-24 Mar 1992
The differences among elaborative-interrogation, reading-to-understand, and no-exposure control conditions with familiar domain material in contrast to unfamiliar domain material were studied for 50 Canadian and 50 west German undergraduates. Results provide evidence of effects of both elaborative interrogation and prior knowledge on learning. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Learning Processes, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Elaborative Interrogation; West Germany (Bavaria)