What do Students Remember from Introductory Psychology?.

VanderStoep, Scott W.; Fagerlin, Angela; Feenstra, Jennifer S.

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ERIC Number: EJ620592

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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What do Students Remember from Introductory Psychology?

VanderStoep, Scott W.; Fagerlin, Angela; Feenstra, Jennifer S.

Teaching of Psychology, v27 n2 p89-92 Spr 2000

Reports on two studies in which students in introductory psychology courses completed a free-recall task designed to measure their memory for the course. In study 1, the most recalled items were vivid instructional tools; in study 2, the concepts students remembered were accompanied by vivid instructional events such as videos. (CMK)

Descriptors: Course Content, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Introductory Courses, Memory, Outcomes of Education, Psychology, Student Reaction, Videotape Recordings, Visual Aids

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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