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Evaluating the Dual-Route and Recruitment Hypotheses: Utilizing Both Definitions and Examples for Supporting Declarative Concept Application

Zamary, Amanda Sue
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1562924203406036

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2019, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
A major purpose of education is to instill durable knowledge that students can access and use outside of their course (e.g., in other courses, in their occupations, and in their daily lives). In previous research, Zamary, Wissman, and Rawson (under review) found that application of declarative concepts (i.e., abstract key concepts denoted by terms and short definitions) was greater following practice focused on learning examples of those concepts versus definitions of those concepts. However, exploratory conditional analyses suggested that declarative concept application would be even greater following practice of both examples and definitions. Accordingly, the primary purpose of this research was to test the dual-route hypothesis, which states that declarative concept application will best supported when learners are strongly equipped with both definitions and examples versus only one of these kinds of content. In two experiments, the dual-route hypothesis was supported. However, findings from Experiment 1 indicated that concept application success could not be explained by the dual-route hypothesis alone. Accordingly, a second hypothesis was proposed and tested in Experiment 2. In particular, the recruitment hypothesis generally states that declarative concept application success depends on what learners remember and use during application. In support of the recruitment hypothesis, groups did proportionally recruit different kinds of content during application which differentially supported declarative concept application success.
Katherine Rawson, PhD (Advisor)
John Dunlosky, PhD (Committee Member)
Jeffrey Ciesla, PhD (Committee Member)
Jennifer Roche, PhD (Committee Member)
85 p.
Cognitive Psychology; Experimental Psychology; Psychology

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  • Zamary, A. S. (2019). Evaluating the Dual-Route and Recruitment Hypotheses: Utilizing Both Definitions and Examples for Supporting Declarative Concept Application [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1562924203406036

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zamary, Amanda. Evaluating the Dual-Route and Recruitment Hypotheses: Utilizing Both Definitions and Examples for Supporting Declarative Concept Application . 2019. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1562924203406036.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zamary, Amanda. "Evaluating the Dual-Route and Recruitment Hypotheses: Utilizing Both Definitions and Examples for Supporting Declarative Concept Application ." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1562924203406036

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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