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ERIC Number: EJ448034
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Relative Importance of Aptitude and Prior Domain Knowledge on Immediate and Delayed Posttests.
Hall, Vernon C.; Edmondson, Beverly
Journal of Educational Psychology, v84 n2 p219-23 Jun 1992
Results for 78 college students who took a pretest on basketball knowledge, read a passage on basketball, and took an immediate or delayed posttest indicate that pretest scores are significantly related to immediate posttest scores, whereas delayed posttest scores are related to Scholastic Aptitude Test verbal scores. (SLD)
Descriptors: Aptitude, Basketball, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Comparative Testing, Correlation, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Pretests Posttests, Prior Learning, Recall (Psychology), Scores, Verbal Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Delay Effect; Domain Knowledge; Scholastic Aptitude Test