Traditional Versus Modular Format in Presenting Textual Material in Introductory Psychology

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-238

  Nevid, Jeffrey S ^a   Carmony, Thomas M ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036318405     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (13)

1. Akin, L. K. (1997). Information overload: A multi-disciplinary explication and citation ranking within three selected disciplines: Library studies, psychology/psychiatry, and consumer science, 1960-1996. Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences, 58(5), 1485A.
2. Bergstrom, J. C., & Stoll, J. R. (1990). An analysis of information overload with implications for survey design research. Leisure Sciences, 12, 265-280.
3. Campbell, N. A., Mitchell, L G., & Reece, J. B. (1994). Biology: Concepts & connections. Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin/Cummings.
4. Carver, R. P. (1982). Optimal rate of reading prose. Reading Research Quarterly, 18, 56-88.
5. Carver, R. P. (1984). Rauding theory predictions of amount comprehended under different purposes and speed reading conditions. Reading Research Quarterly, 19, 205-218.
6. Fernald, L. D. (1987). Of windmills and rope dancing: The instructional value of narrative structures. Teaching of Psychology, 14, 214-216.
7. Fernald, L. D. (1989). Tales in a textbook: Learning in the traditional and narrative modes. Teaching of Psychology, 16, 121-124.
8. Jacoby, J. (1984). Perspectives on information overload. Journal of Consumer Research, 10, 432-435.
9. Kalat, J. W. (1999). Introduction to psychology (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
10. O'Reilly, R. P., & Walker, J. E. (1990). An analysis of reading rates in college students. Reading Research and Instruction, 29(2), 1-11.
11. Oseroff, A., Nelson, W. H., & Greenberg, B. (1973). A comparison of a modular and a traditional approach to introductory college poetry instruction. Southern Journal of Educational Research, 7, 87-99.
12. Plotnik, R. (1999). Introduction to psychology (5th ed.). Belmont, C A: Wadsworth.
13. Verdi, M. P., Johnson, J. T., Stock, W. A., Kulhavy, R. W., & Whit-man-Ahern, P. (1997). Organized spatial displays and texts: Effects of presentation order and display type on learning outcomes. journal of Experimental Education, 65, 303-317.