Abstractive Processes in the Remembering of Prose.

Johnson, Ronald E.

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ERIC Number: EJ118480

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Publication Date: 1974

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Abstractive Processes in the Remembering of Prose

Johnson, Ronald E.

Journal of Educational Psychology, 66, 5, 772-9, Oct 74

The patterning of recall of linguistic subunits was found to be strongly related to the semantic dimensions of abstractness-concreteness, specificity of denotation, comprehensibility, and interest. (Author/BJG)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Memory, Prose, Recall (Psychology), Retention Studies, Student Interests

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