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Peer reviewedThompson, Dennis N. – Educational Gerontology, 1997
Thirty adults ages 53-85 and 28 adults ages 19-38 were randomly assigned to three groups to read six passages. One group received advance organizers prior to reading, the second got orienting instructions plus advance organizers, and the controls received neither . Orienting instructions significantly helped both age groups and greatly reduced…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Age Differences, Intervention, Middle Aged Adults
