Campbell and Mayer (2009) Tested College Students During Classes

question 1

Multiple Choice

Campbell and Mayer (2009) tested college students during classes.In one condition, students in an Educational Psychology class received a PowerPoint presentation in which questions were included as part of the presentation.In another set of PowerPoint, only statements were made.They found that:

• A)the PowerPoint slides were insufficient for any accurate learning to take place.
• B)the PowerPoint with questions led to better retrieval from the college students.
• C)because the statements contained factual information, the statement condition led to superior recall.
• D)the retrieval practice effect did not work with these real world stimuli.

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