THE EFFECTS OF PAUSE AND REPETITION ON RECALL OF PROSE TEXT
THE EFFECTS OF PAUSE AND REPETITION ON RECALL OF PROSE TEXT
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1983
Authors
EKOJA, AJEGBA ANDREW
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Abstract
This study was undertaken to investigate the differential
e f f e c t s of part-vs-whole method of presentation of a text for
information processing and immediate and l a t e r r e c a l l.
The sample of the study came from the parent population
of f i r s t year N.C.E. students of the Advanced Teachers' College,
Zaria. From a total of 307 students of the f i r s t year, the
investigator randomly obtained five groups of 50 subjects
(n = 50 each), the total sample being 250 ( N = 250). The text
consisting of 420 words on the psychology of motivation was
selected from a text book of Educational Psychology
(Kukberjee, 1978).
The design of the experiment ensured controls by using the
foliowing treatments:
(a) the text was played through the auditory modality of
sensation by playing the text pre-recorded on five
different cassettes for five different methods of
part-VS—whole presentation,
(b) the speed of recording being 84 words per minute,
(c) the tapes were played back on the same pitch for every group, and
(d) the five groups A, B, C, D and E received respectively five
treatments such as a, b, c, d and e.
The retention a b i l i t y of the subjects was measured by
administering an objective text, for immediate recall, and there
was later recall after a period of three weeks. The scoring
was objective as correct answers were assigned 1, mistakes being
ignored.
The data was subjected to statistic analysis using the
University Computer with the aid of SPSS Programme of
Analysis of Variance. Analysis of data revealed that the
groups differed significantly from one another in their mean
recall scores and their later retention scores. On the basis
of the above significant results the null hypothesis of this
study was rejected and i t s alternative hypothesis was supported.
The dissertation ends with some discussion of the issues
highlighted in this study.
Description
A research project submitted to the Postgraduate
School, Ahmadu Bello University,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Education
Department of Education
Faculty of Education
Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria.
1983
Keywords
PAUSE,, REPETITION,, RECALL,, PROSE TEXT