1987
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.13.2.291
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Generation and precision of elaboration: Effects on intentional and incidental learning.

Abstract: Across three experiments adults were presented either base sentences containing arbitrary relations (e.g., The fat man read the sign) or base sentences accompanied by a precise elaboration that made clear the significance of the particular type of man doing the action {e.g., The fat man read the sign warning about thin ice). Subjects either read the sentence alone or answered a question accompanying the sentence. Why did that particular man do that? accompanied base sentences; How does the last part of the sen… Show more

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“…The idea that the positive effects of elaborative interrogation represent a generation effect (Pressley et al, 1987) does not appear to be supported. If requiring learners to generate information per se enhanced performance, then generating labeled schematics (in Experiment 1) should have produced improvements over a literal-text control.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 82%
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“…The idea that the positive effects of elaborative interrogation represent a generation effect (Pressley et al, 1987) does not appear to be supported. If requiring learners to generate information per se enhanced performance, then generating labeled schematics (in Experiment 1) should have produced improvements over a literal-text control.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 82%
“…Several explanations have been proposed for the mnemonic benefits (increased factual learning) of elaborative interrogation, including activation of congruent prior knowledge, heightened arousal, increased attention to content, and the process of generating information associated with the why question (i.e., a generation effect) or inducement of processing that is well matched to the criterial task (see Pressley et al, 1987, andWoloshyn et al, 1992, for amplification of these ideas). The idea that the positive effects of elaborative interrogation represent a generation effect (Pressley et al, 1987) does not appear to be supported.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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