Effects of Performance-Oriented Text upon Long-Term Retention of Factual Material.
Abstract
Little information exists on variables affecting long-term retention of factual material in technical training. Two experiments compared a job-oriented text with a topic-oriented text. Twenty-four junior college students studied individualized booklets to learn factual material, on either metal fasteners or micrometers, to criterion. Six months later, an unanticipated retention test was given. On the test on metal fasteners, students who had received jon-oriented text had significantly better retention on recall, but there were no differences on a recognition test. There were no differences for the text on micrometers. The results are discussed in terms of the role of supplementary related material on retention of factual material. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA106096
Entities
People
- John Ellis
- Persis Sturges
- Wallace Wulfeck Ii
Organizations
- California State University, Chico