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Direct linkMcCrudden, Matthew T.; Schraw, Gregory – Journal of Experimental Education, 2009
The authors examined whether relevance instructions compensate for differences in verbal ability on measures of reading time, text recall, and sentence recognition. College students (n = 81) with higher and lower verbal ability were assigned randomly to 1 of 2 relevance-instruction conditions before reading a text. They asked participants in each…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Word Processing, Resource Allocation, Undergraduate Students
Nussbaum, E. Michael; Schraw, Gregory – Journal of Experimental Education, 2007
It is important, when writing opinion essays, for students to consider and integrate both arguments and counterarguments to develop a final conclusion. In this article, the authors explored the effect of criteria instruction and a graphic organizer to promote integration of arguments and counterarguments. The researchers randomly assigned 84…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Evaluation Criteria, Scoring Rubrics, Holistic Evaluation
McCrudden, Matthew T.; Schraw, Gregory; Hartley, Kendall – Journal of Experimental Education, 2006
The relevance effect refers to the facilitative effect of relevance instructions on learning. The authors examined the effect of general prereading relevance instructions on fact and concept learning, essay quality, and reading time. College students either did or did not receive relevance instructions before reading an expository text.…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Learning, Relevance (Education), Essays
Flowerday, Terri; Schraw, Gregory; Stevens, Joseph – Journal of Experimental Education, 2004
The authors examined the effects of choice, topic interest, and situational interest on reading engagement, attitude, and learning. The outcomes were measured using scores on a multiple-choice test, a content essay, and a personal reaction essay, and completion of an attitude checklist. Experiment 1 found a small negative effect for choice on the…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Attitudes, Reading Interests, Check Lists
McCrudden, Matthew; Schraw, Gregory; Hartley, Kendall; Kiewra, Kenneth – Journal of Experimental Education, 2004
This research compared high-load and low-load versions of a text by manipulating text presentation, text organization, and example context on measures of fact and concept learning. The low-load text presentation variable enhanced fact and concept learning and post-reading ease of comprehension ratings. The low-load text organization variable led…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Comparative Analysis, Text Structure, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedSchraw, Gregory – Journal of Experimental Education, 1997
The basis of students' confidence in their answers to test items was studied with 95 undergraduates. Results support the domain-general hypothesis that predicts that confidence judgments will be related to performance on a particular test and also to confidence judgments and performance on unrelated tests. (SLD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Metacognition, Performance Factors, Scores
