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This study is a partial replication of a study by Bransford and Johnson (1972) on the effect of giving someone a schema to aid comprehension and recall of a short passage.
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Abstract This study is a partial replication of a study by Bransford and Johnson (1972) on the effect of giving someone a schema to aid comprehension and recall of a short passage. It was predicted that the group given a schema before being read a short passage will comprehend significantly more than those not given a schema before reading a short passage. The research method chosen was an experiment, the target population was 16-19 year olds at Truro College in south west England. The design used was independent groups, and the sample consisted of thirty participants, randomly allocated, aged between 16 and 19 at Truro College. The sampling method used was opportunity sampling. The experiment involved the researcher randomly allocating a participant to a condition who was then read the standardised instructions which depending on the group they were allocated may or may not have included a schema. The participant was...
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