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Peer reviewedRoss, Steven M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
The focus of the present experiments was to examine the effect of adapting the context of a presentation to a student's background. The results showed familiarity of context to be an influential factor in learning quantitative material. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Learning Strategies
