{"id":214954,"date":"2025-05-16T04:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T04:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=214954"},"modified":"2025-05-16T04:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T04:44:28","slug":"spurling-et-al-investigated-the-effects-of-two-vocabulary-learning-strategies-on-word-retention-two-weeks-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/16\/spurling-et-al-investigated-the-effects-of-two-vocabulary-learning-strategies-on-word-retention-two-weeks-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurling et al, investigated the effects of two vocabulary learning strategies on word retention two weeks later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spurling et al, investigated the effects of two vocabulary learning strategies on word retention two weeks later. In this example, learning strategy is the and word retention is the variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>control; experimental<br>dependent; independent<br>experimental; control<br>independent; dependent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: D. independent; dependent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the study by <em>Spurling et al.<\/em>, two vocabulary learning strategies were examined to see how they affect <strong>word retention<\/strong> two weeks later. To understand the correct answer, we must clarify the roles of <strong>independent<\/strong> and <strong>dependent variables<\/strong> in an experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Independent Variable:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>independent variable<\/strong> is what the researcher <strong>manipulates or changes<\/strong> to observe its effect. In this case, the researchers are <strong>changing the vocabulary learning strategy<\/strong>. There are <strong>two different learning strategies<\/strong> being compared. These strategies are applied to different groups of participants to examine how each one influences learning outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the <strong>learning strategy<\/strong> is the <strong>independent variable<\/strong>, because it is what is being intentionally altered by the experimenters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Dependent Variable:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>dependent variable<\/strong> is what the researcher measures to determine the <strong>effect of the independent variable<\/strong>. It <strong>depends on<\/strong> what was changed or introduced. In this scenario, the researchers are measuring <strong>word retention<\/strong> \u2014 specifically, how well participants remember the vocabulary <strong>two weeks after using the strategy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, <strong>word retention<\/strong> is the <strong>dependent variable<\/strong>, as it is the outcome that is influenced by the learning strategy used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Applying the Definitions:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To break it down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The researchers manipulated <strong>learning strategy<\/strong> (independent variable).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They measured <strong>word retention<\/strong> after two weeks (dependent variable).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The goal was to see if different <strong>strategies<\/strong> would lead to <strong>different retention outcomes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Learning strategy<\/strong> = Independent variable (manipulated by the researcher)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Word retention<\/strong> = Dependent variable (measured outcome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spurling et al, investigated the effects of two vocabulary learning strategies on word retention two weeks later. In this example, learning strategy is the and word retention is the variable. control; experimentaldependent; independentexperimental; controlindependent; dependent The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Answer: D. independent; dependent Explanation: In the study by Spurling et al., two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}