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Dinsmore, Daniel L.; Alexander, Patricia A. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2016
This study examines the moderating effects of a situational factor (i.e., text type) and an individual factor (i.e., subject-matter knowledge) on the relation between depth of processing and performance. One-hundred and fifty-one undergraduates completed measures of subject-matter knowledge, read either an expository or persuasive text about the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Processes, Influences, Performance
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Alexander, Patricia A.; Judy, Judith E. – Review of Educational Research, 1988
Literature since 1975 concerning the interaction of domain-specific and strategic knowledge on academic performance was reviewed. Focus was on critically analyzing the literature; presenting hypotheses about the interaction; and offering recommendations for future research leading, perhaps, to an information-processing model that captures the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Assisted Instruction