Control participants recalled equal amounts of information for both question types¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Participants in the read-for-understanding control condition recalled equal amounts of information for both question types, unlike the experimental conditions. → Matthew T. McCrudden 2011

Evidence¶

Matthew T. McCrudden 2011¶

Matthew T. McCrudden. (2011). Do specific relevance instructions promote transfer appropriate processing? Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-010-9158-x

q3 · i? · causal · r2

From the same randomized experiment (n = 52), the abstract states "participants in the control condition recalled equal amounts of information for both question" types, providing the contrast against the similarity advantage in instructed conditions.

"participants in the control condition recalled equal amounts of information for both question"

Discussion¶

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