Botanical terms were defined more often and were new less often than terms in the preceding physiology and zoology tests¶
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q2 i? D's were more numerous and N's fewer in the botany test than in the preceding physiology and zoology tests, possibly because illustrative material is more abundant in botany. → Grier 1919
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Grier 1919¶
Grier, N. M. (1919). The range of information in biology: III. Botany. Journal of Educational Psychology, 10(10), 509–516. doi:10.1037/h0073567
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Cross-subject comparison across the author's three range-of-information tests in the same pupil population. The article offers the abundance of illustrative material as a possible explanation; no effect size is printed.
"The D's were more numerous and the N's were fewer in the botany test than in either of the preceding tests, physiology (1) and zoology (2), possibly because illustrative material is more abundant in botany."
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Related Claims¶
- Second-term high school pupils who have just completed botany define and explain more botanical terms and report fewer new terms than first-term pupils — related
- Self-checking of marked test words increases defined terms and decreases new terms in both pupil groups — related
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Botanical terms were defined more often and were new less often than terms in the preceding physiology and zoology tests |
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Botanical terms were defined more often and were new less often than terms in the preceding physiology and zoology tests |
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