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Gilbert, Laurence C. – 1986
Fifty-four high aptitude undergraduates and 46 moderate-to-low aptitude undergraduates were divided into four treatment groups and were given a pretest during which they learned and recalled a map of a small town in five successive trials. Two weeks later, each group was given a different treatment with a varying degree of explicitness of…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Advance Organizers, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes