Description
The research reported on investigates the contribution of the read-recite-review (3R) study strategy to improve both students’ text retention and text comprehension. Both the effect of intentional learning with inserted verbatim or comprehension questions during reading and retrieval compared to incidental learning by performing free recall and the effect of transfer appropriate processing during learning on final test performance (repeated and new questions) are investigated. One hundred and thirty-one first-year students participated and they were randomly divided in four intentional (1-4) and one incidental learning condition (5): (1) two times verbatim questions, (2) two times comprehension questions, (3) verbatim-comprehension questions, (4) comprehension-verbatim questions and (5) free recall. During the presentation the results of the study are presented.Period | 27 Aug 2013 |
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Event title | 15th Biennial Conference EARLI 2013: Responsible Teaching and Sustainable Learning |
Event type | Conference |
Location | Munich, Germany, BavariaShow on map |
Degree of Recognition | International |
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- The 3R study strategy to improve text retention and text comprehension (Abstract EARLI 2013)
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- The 3R study strategy to improve text retention and text comprehension (EARLI 2013)
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