Question 1 Report
A student has to remember the order of procedures for setting up a microscope. She practises each step while saying why it is needed, rather than simply copying the list.
(a) Which level of processing is she using? [1]
(b) Explain why this should help her remember the procedure in a later practical lesson. [3]
(a) Deep / semantic processing [1] (b) She considers the meaning of each step [1]; she links the new information to relevant knowledge about microscopes [1]; these meaningful links give her more retrieval cues for long-term memory [1]
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