TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Signaling Topic Structure on Text Recall
AU - Lorch, Robert F.
AU - Lorch, Elizabeth Pugzles
AU - Inman, W. Elliot
PY - 1993/6
Y1 - 1993/6
N2 - Two experiments studied effects of signaling devices (headings, overviews, and summaries) on text memory. In Experiment 1, subjects read a text with or without signals, then recalled the topics of the text. Signaling produced better memory for the topics and their organization. In Experiment 2, subjects recalled the content of the text they read, and recalls were scored for the number of accurately recalled ideas. Signals produced recalls that were better organized by text topics. Signals also influenced the distribution of recall of ideas: Subjects remembered more topics but recalled less about each accessed topic if the text they read contained signals than if it did not. The results are interpreted as supporting a model in which signals influence readers' representations of a text's topic structure, which, in turn, is used to guide the recall of text content.
AB - Two experiments studied effects of signaling devices (headings, overviews, and summaries) on text memory. In Experiment 1, subjects read a text with or without signals, then recalled the topics of the text. Signaling produced better memory for the topics and their organization. In Experiment 2, subjects recalled the content of the text they read, and recalls were scored for the number of accurately recalled ideas. Signals produced recalls that were better organized by text topics. Signals also influenced the distribution of recall of ideas: Subjects remembered more topics but recalled less about each accessed topic if the text they read contained signals than if it did not. The results are interpreted as supporting a model in which signals influence readers' representations of a text's topic structure, which, in turn, is used to guide the recall of text content.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-0663.85.2.281
DO - 10.1037/0022-0663.85.2.281
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:21144467292
SN - 0022-0663
VL - 85
SP - 281
EP - 290
JO - Journal of Educational Psychology
JF - Journal of Educational Psychology
IS - 2
ER -