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Garner, Ruth; Alexander, Patricia – Journal of Educational Research, 1982
At intervals during the reading of an article, college students were asked to stop and state how they were preparing to answer an unspecified question about the article. Those students who had attempted to discern the question had significantly superior performance to those who had not devised such a strategy. (JN)
Descriptors: College Students, Expectation, Higher Education, Learning Processes