Generation of Descriptive Text Headings.

The effectiveness of having students generate their own headings for scientific text is assessed. Results reveal that generating headings enhance performance on a number of recall measures compared to either author-provided headings or no headings. Educational implications are discussed.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:	Contemporary Educational Psychology Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 103 - 109
Autores principales:	Brooks, Larry W., Dansereau, Donald F., Holley, Charles D., Spurlin, Joni E.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Academic Press Inc. Apr1983
Materias:	Text processing (Computer science) Education Students Electronic data processing Database management
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Descripción
Sumario:	The effectiveness of having students generate their own headings for scientific text is assessed. Results reveal that generating headings enhance performance on a number of recall measures compared to either author-provided headings or no headings. Educational implications are discussed.