LING 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Word Association, Repeated Measures Design, Analysis Of Variance
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One might assume that writing an original sentence w/ a word requires deeper processing than answering a multiple-choice question or matching a word to its correct meaning. *** however, research showed that deeper processing results in better learning, it remains unclear what factors specifically influence depth and therefore cannot be operationalized. Condition 1: students read a letter to the editor featuring the target words. Condition 2: students read the letter and then did a gap filling exercise w/ the target words. In condition 3: students wrote a letter to the editor with the target words. Of a max score of 10, condition 1 had an average retention score of 4. 3, condition 2 had 5. 9 and condition 3 had 7. 1. Writing original language with the vocabulary likely produced better vocabulary results because students were pushed to produce output instead of just receiving input (condition 1) or simply filling in blanks (condition.
