Visual Cueing: Investigating the Effects of Text Annotation on Student Retention Rates

This Study examines the grades of students using study skill methods and those who do not. The experiment consists of giving the treatment group the opportunity to use well- known study techniques. The Control group could only read the material. Both groups were given ten minutes to read a pre-selected text. The text consisted of an 1,807 word lesson on the, "Technical Training Management System." Each group was given five minutes to take a twenty item quiz. Fifty-five students in the control group were limited to only reading the material. Fifty-six students in the treatment group could choose between highlighting, note-taking, and underlining. The results of the test scores were compared using a t - test for dependent samples. One week later, the same students in each group were re-tested, using the same quiz they had taken earlier. Students had five minutes to review study material. Study material for the treatment group included the same material they had annotated earlier. The Results from each group wascompared. Efforts were made to avoid potential flaws in previous studies, thereby producing more viable results. Results of this study indicate there is no significant difference between the grades of students who use the aforementioned forms of text annotation and those who do not.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• Brown, Ron

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ditzenberger, Roger
• Todd, John R.
• Allen, Jeff M.

• Study skills.
• Memory.
• Reading, Psychology of.
• Visual cueing
• quiz performance
• text annotation
• highlighting
• underlining

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Brown, Ron
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 53223092
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4232/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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