文章の保持における具体的アナロジ挿入の効果

抄録

The purpose of this experiment was to examine the effects of inserted analogies on the retention of an expository text. Subjects (80 nudergraduates) read analogies inserted texts or non-inserted texts under either summary or memory instruction. After reading, subjects received a recall test. In the analogy condition, the rate of correctly recalled propositions were higher than in the no-analogy conditions, and the rate of recalled macro-propositions were higher than the rate of recalled micro-propositions. But in the no-analogy condition, the rate of recalled macro-propositions and micro-propositions were found equal. In the analogy-summary condition, the rate of racalled macro-propositions was higher than micro-propositions. It was interpreted that insertion of analogies with a text was to help the construction of a macro-structure.