Elaborating with relevant prior knowledge yielded significantly higher immediate recall than elaborating without relevant prior knowledge¶
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q3 i? Participants who elaborated with prior knowledge recalled significantly more from the study text (M = 37.79) than participants who elaborated without prior knowledge (M = 27.39), p = .02. → Floris M. Van Blankenstein 2013
Evidence¶
Floris M. Van Blankenstein 2013¶
Floris M. Van Blankenstein, Diana H. J. M. Dolmans, Cees P. M. Van der Vleuten, Henk G. Schmidt. (2013). Relevant prior knowledge moderates the effect of elaboration during small group discussion on academic achievement. Instructional Science, 41, 729-744. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-012-9252-3
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Bonferroni-corrected pairwise comparison from the same 2×2 ANOVA on the immediate posttest. The article prints means and SDs for both named conditions and a significant pairwise difference, but no standardized effect size for this contrast.
"The pairwise comparisons demonstrated that participants who elaborated with prior knowledge recalled significantly more from the study text ( M = 37.79, SD = 10.44) than participants who elaborated without prior knowledge ( M = 27.39, SD = 15.92), p = .02."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Elaboration during the problem-based discussion had no significant main effect on immediate or delayed recall — related
- For students without relevant prior knowledge, elaborating during the discussion led to lower recall than not elaborating — related
- Elaboration during a problem-based discussion interacts with relevant prior knowledge on immediate text recall, with the interaction approaching significance at a medium effect size — related
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Elaborating with relevant prior knowledge yielded significantly higher immediate recall than elaborating without relevant prior knowledge |
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Elaborating with relevant prior knowledge yielded significantly higher immediate recall than elaborating without relevant prior knowledge |
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2013 |
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2026-10-20 |
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