The knowledge base and text recall: Evidence from a short-term longitudinal study
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- In a short-term longitudinal study, we investigated how domain-specific knowledge in soccer influences the amount of text recall and comprehension in elementary school and junior high school children of high and low overall aptitudes. Both level of soccer knowledge and overall aptitude were varied in a factorial design. Third, fifth, and seventh grade children were given several measures of text recall and comprehension and were retested on these measures about 1 year later. Performance was more a function of soccer knowledge than of aptitudeIn a short-term longitudinal study, we investigated how domain-specific knowledge in soccer influences the amount of text recall and comprehension in elementary school and junior high school children of high and low overall aptitudes. Both level of soccer knowledge and overall aptitude were varied in a factorial design. Third, fifth, and seventh grade children were given several measures of text recall and comprehension and were retested on these measures about 1 year later. Performance was more a function of soccer knowledge than of aptitude level.…
| Author: | Wolfgang Schneider, Joachim Körkel |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62093 |
| Document Type: | Journal article |
| Faculties: | Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften (Philos., Psycho., Erziehungs- u. Gesell.-Wissensch.) / Institut für Psychologie |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 1989 |
| Source: | In: Contemporary Educational Psychology (1989) 14, S. 382 - 393. |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
| GND Keyword: | Psychologie |
| Release Date: | 2012/07/11 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |