Specific Questions during Retrieval Practice Are Better for Texts Containing Seductive Details

Autor/inn/en	Eitel, Alexander; Endres, Tino; Renkl, Alexander
Titel	Specific Questions during Retrieval Practice Are Better for Texts Containing Seductive Details
Quelle	In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36 (2022) 5, S.996-1008 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Eitel, Alexander)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080
DOI	10.1002/acp.3984
Schlagwörter	Recall (Psychology); Questioning Techniques; Instructional Materials; Reading Materials; Outcomes of Education; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abberufung; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	We investigated how to optimize the effectiveness of retrieval-based learning when the instructional text comprises seductive details (i.e., interesting but irrelevant text adjuncts). Specific questions during retrieval practice should help students focus their recall on main ideas--and not on seductive details, which should in turn foster delayed post-test performance. In this experiment, participants (N = 103) learned from an instructional text about coffee, either with or without seductive details; in subsequent retrieval practice, the participants received either unspecific or specific questions (2 × 2 between-subjects design). One week later, all participants received a delayed posttest assessing learning outcomes. As expected, when the instructional text comprised seductive details, participants given specific questions during retrieval practice had better learning outcomes than those given an unspecific question. We conclude that retrieval tasks should be aligned with learning materials: more specific retrieval tasks are better for materials including irrelevant information. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01