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Jennifer Stiegler-Balfour publishes book chapter with student co-authors

Jennifer Stiegler-Balfour, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, co-authored a chapter in a new book titled Applying Science of Learning in Education: Infusing Psychological Science into the Curriculum.

The edited book addresses important concepts, principles and theories in cognitive psychology and their application related to the science of learning.

Stiegler-Balfour’s chapter on “The Influence of Guiding Questions on Skilled- and Less-Skilled Readers’ Understanding of Written Discourse" features two student authors, Heather Tatsak (Psychology ‘13) and Andrea Taatjes (Psychology ‘13) and describes the results of a study assessing the effect of guiding questions on comprehension and retention levels of expository text.

The results indicated that participants who scored lowest on a reading assessment measure benefited the most from the guiding questions indicated by significantly higher rates of delayed recall.

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