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An Examination Of The Effectiveness Of Elaborative Interrogation For Adult Learners As A Function Of Study Context, Tracey Diane Idle
An Examination Of The Effectiveness Of Elaborative Interrogation For Adult Learners As A Function Of Study Context, Tracey Diane Idle
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
This study examined the effectiveness of elaborative interrogation for memory enhancement relative to self-selected and repetition strategies. It also examined the potency of the strategies when students worked individually or with a partner. One hundred and twenty university students were assigned to one of the study strategies and one study context. Students studied sixty animal facts. Thirty of the animal facts were about familiar animals while the other thirty were about unfamiliar animals. Students trained to use elaborative interrogation and allowed to select their own strategy were more successful at recognizing familiar animals than those trained to use repetition. Students …
The Development Of A Preventive Peer Mentoring Program For Students: Grounded Theory At Work, Leslea Peirson
The Development Of A Preventive Peer Mentoring Program For Students: Grounded Theory At Work, Leslea Peirson
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
In this thesis, I describe the beginning stages of a process for improving the well-being of students in a secondary school community. In the first section I describe the social context of the PTOJCCI. Next, I outline the values and principles that served to inform the research and action. I then review the relevant literature on consultation in educational settings and examine various prevention programs that have been introduced into schools, focusing primarily on those programs/changes that increase social support. Following the review I present the research and action goals of the present project which were to examine change as …