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.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Contemporary Educational Psychology Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 103 - 109
Main Authors:	Brooks, Larry W., Dansereau, Donald F., Holley, Charles D., Spurlin, Joni E.
Format:	Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. Apr1983
Subjects:	Text processing (Computer science) Education Students Electronic data processing Database management
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

Description
Summary:	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.