Text Processing: Effects of Summarization Frequency on Text Recall

The present study compared the text processing performance of college students who studied a 2,500-word passage and were randomly assigned to one of three study techniques: frequent summarization, infrequent summarization, or personal study methods. Infrequent summarization, but not frequent summari...

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Published in:The Journal of experimental education 1988-07, Vol.56 (4), p.199-202
Main Authors: Spurlin, Joni E., Dansereau, Donald F., O'Donnell, Angela, Brooks, Larry W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstracting
Diverse points
Education and psychology
Educational psychology
Educational sciences
Essay tests
Learning strategies
Psychology and learning
Standard deviation
Summarization
Text processing
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Summary:The present study compared the text processing performance of college students who studied a 2,500-word passage and were randomly assigned to one of three study techniques: frequent summarization, infrequent summarization, or personal study methods. Infrequent summarization, but not frequent summarization, was found to lead to significantly better performance than personal study methods on a delayed essay test. The frequent summarizers, however, produced better written summaries during the text processing phase than did the infrequent summarizers. Several interpretations of these results are discussed.
ISSN:0022-0973
1940-0683
DOI:10.1080/00220973.1988.10806488