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Peer reviewedSpyridakis, Jan H.; Wenger, Michael J. – British Educational Research Journal, 1991
Reviews the literature on the effect of prior knowledge and text familiarity on document comprehension and usability. Discusses current methods for assessing subjects' topic familiarity. Presents an empirically based method for effectively assessing topic familiarity. Explains that the method includes use of two subject groups and reliance on…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Familiarity, Higher Education, Prior Learning
Peer reviewedCrewe, Ivor; Norris, Pippa – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1991
Presents results of a survey comparing British and U.S. political scientists' familiarity with different journals, evaluations of journal quality, and measures of journal impact. Concludes that British and U.S. subjects agree about quality but read different sets of journals. Reports the two groups' familiarity with different literature,…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Cross Cultural Studies, Diffusion (Communication), Familiarity
Peer reviewedWalstad, William B. – Journal of Economic Education, 1997
Presents the results of a study suggesting that economic knowledge, whether measured by a general score or knowledge of a particular issue, is the most consistent and influential factor affecting public opinion. Surveyed a broad range of participants concerning five complex issues of economic policy. Includes questions, tables, and statistics.…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economic Research
