Skilled comprehenders show superior one-week retention of a taught knowledge base despite comparable immediate recall¶
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q2 i? A skill group x test session ANOVA on knowledge-base recall showed a significant interaction: groups were comparable immediately, but skilled comprehenders retained more over a week. → Kate Cain 2001
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Kate Cain 2001¶
Kate Cain, Jane V. Oakhill, Marcia A. Barnes, and Peter E. Bryant. (2001). Comprehension skill, inference-making ability, and their relation to knowledge. Memory & Cognition, 29(6), 850-859. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03196414
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Two-way ANOVA (skill group x test session) on immediate and one-week delayed recall of the 12-item knowledge base for both groups. The article reports the interaction F(1,24) = 9.75, p < .006, and a marginal effect of skill group, F(1,24) = 3.46, p < .08.
"There was a significant interaction between the two variables [F(1,24) = 9.75, p < .006]. The interaction arose because the two groups obtained comparable scores in the immediate recall test, but the skilled comprehenders demonstrated superior retention of the knowledge base over time."
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Related Claims¶
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- Less skilled comprehenders make fewer knowledge-based coherence and elaborative inferences than skilled comprehenders even when the relevant knowledge is equally available — related
- Less skilled comprehenders' inference failures stem more from incorrect premise recall, whereas skilled comprehenders fail more at integrating recalled information — related
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- Children retain self-derived knowledge over a one-week delay in classroom settings, with performance increasing from Session 1 to Session 2 — related
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Skilled comprehenders show superior one-week retention of a taught knowledge base despite comparable immediate recall |
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Skilled comprehenders show superior one-week retention of a taught knowledge base despite comparable immediate recall |
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