Date of Award
Summer 8-6-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
August 2026
Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders
College Granting Degree
College of Education
Department Granting Degree
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Christy Timm Fulkerson
Abstract
The present thesis examines if interspersing guiding questions between sections of an expository text can mitigate the seductive details effect, in which the addition of interesting but tangentially related information to the base text may hinder the ability to learn the essential material, for typically developing children. Participants were given two passages to read, one with seductive details and one without. They either had no guiding questions for both passages or guiding questions interspersed between the text of both passages. They were given retention and comprehension assessments for both passages. While the guiding questions did not mitigate the seductive details effect, the present thesis contains information that could be useful in maximizing the learning potential of children.
Recommended Citation
Dobuler, Allison S., "MITIGATION OF THE SEDUCTIVE DETAILS EFFECT IN CHILDREN" (2026). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 358.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general/358