Location
Daytona Beach, Florida
Description
The article demonstrates that legal crib sheets encourage deep levels of information processing, an activity that should enhance students' learning and long-term memory. Levels of processing theory states that memory processes exist on a depth continuum; comprehension and synthesis are examples of deep cognitive processes that enhance memory, whereas simple repetition or examining surface characteristics of words are examples of shallow cognitive processes (Craik & Lockhart, 1972). The use of legal crib sheets allowed students to attain significantly higher overall mean test scores while not affecting their long-term retention of the material. Deeper levels of processing occurred because the students manipulated course infOrmation in preparing legal crib sheets.
Legal Crib Sheets: Promoting Deep Levels of Processing and Learning
Daytona Beach, Florida
The article demonstrates that legal crib sheets encourage deep levels of information processing, an activity that should enhance students' learning and long-term memory. Levels of processing theory states that memory processes exist on a depth continuum; comprehension and synthesis are examples of deep cognitive processes that enhance memory, whereas simple repetition or examining surface characteristics of words are examples of shallow cognitive processes (Craik & Lockhart, 1972). The use of legal crib sheets allowed students to attain significantly higher overall mean test scores while not affecting their long-term retention of the material. Deeper levels of processing occurred because the students manipulated course infOrmation in preparing legal crib sheets.