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THE EFFECT OF HEADINGS ON CHILDREN'S RECALL FROM PROSE TEXT
Author(s) -
HARTLEY J.,
KENELY JILLIAN,
OWEN GWENDA,
TRUEMAN M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1980.tb00816.x
Subject(s) - recall , psychology , linguistics , cognitive psychology , philosophy
S ummary . One hundred and seventy‐five children studied a short passage in one of four conditions—control, passage with title, passage with headings in the form of statements, and passage with headings in the form of questions. The results showed that the passages with headings were recalled significantly better than the control passage or the passage with a title, on both immediate and long‐term recall (14 days later). In addition, low ability children profited best from the text with headings in the form of questions.