Accession Number:

ADA026361

Title:

Coding Systems and the Comprehension of Instructional Materials

Descriptive Note:

Semi-annual technical rept. 1 Nov 1974 - 30 Apr 1975

Corporate Author:

OREGON UNIV EUGENE DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Personal Author(s):

• Hyman, Ray

Report Date:

1975-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

47.0

Abstract:

This research continues earlier studies of how learners encode information for storage in memory and the effect of the encoding process on retrieval from memory storage. Current research is extending the investigation to the storage and recovery of semantic meaningful information rather than unrelated units of information. The writer and his associates are working on the process of chunking information into units as an influence on memory. They are also investigating the differences in encoding that characterize sophisticated learners as compared to novice in a subject matter field and they are performing studies of memory in the mode of classical and semantic memory formulations.

Descriptors:

• *INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
• *LEARNING
• *MEMORY(PSYCHOLOGY)
• *SEMANTICS
• ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING
• BACKGROUND
• CODING
• COMPREHENSION
• INFORMATION PROCESSING
• INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
• PATTERN RECOGNITION
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• REASONING
• STIMULI
• TRAINING
• WORDS(LANGUAGE)

Subject Categories:

• Linguistics
• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE