Prior Knowledge and Recall of Text Details: Assimilation, Correction, and Prediction-Postdiction Discrepancy

In Study I, the learning pattern for a group which read a text preceded by an advance organizer was compared to that of a control group. Three hypotheses regarding the expected schema-text interaction were tested: The Assimilation, the Schema+Correction, and the Assimilation+Correction Hypotheses. Findings favored A+CH, which holds that text units predicated by the schema (type 1 ideas) are assimilated resulting in loss of their particularized clarity, while type 2 ideas representing unexpected information are enhanced. The dominant treatment effect was assimilatory loss of type 1 details, primarily a low ability phenomenon. Positive effects on type 2 knowledge-updating were strongest for Ss with good reasoning skills.

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Ph.D.

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Dissertation

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Education

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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2014

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• Derry, Sharon Jones

• Education, Educational Psychology

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(UMI)AAI8209562

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68775