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generation effect: a standalone construct

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generationeffect1 CONSTRUCTGeneration effectSLAMECKA & GRAF · 1978

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Memory research

Information you produce is remembered better than information you read

The generation effect is the finding that material a learner actively produces is remembered better than the same material simply read, for instance generating a word from a rule and a cue rather than reading it intact. Slamecka and Graf's 1978 The generation effect: Delineation of a phenomenon established the result across several generation rules and encoding conditions. The referent is the memory advantage of self-generated over presented items, measured by later recall or recognition comparing generated and read material, and it underpins why active production is favoured over passive exposure in study and instruction.[1]

Unit
The retention advantage of generated over read material
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Measured by later recall or recognition comparing items a learner generated against matched items they only read

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References

  1. Slamecka, N. J., & Graf, P. (1978). The generation effect: Delineation of a phenomenon. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 4(6), 592–604. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.4.6.592

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