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Scientific Journal Of King Faisal University
Basic and Applied Sciences
Scientific Journal of King Faisal University / Humanities and Management Sciences
The differences in information
(Abdullah bin Taha net)Abstract
The study investigates the differences in strategies (successive, simultaneous), level, and speed of information processing ascribed to major (science, arts) and academic achievement (high , low) in a sample of male saudi college students (n = 75). They were administered tasks of word serial recall, speed of processing , and Ravens Progressive Matrices. Data were analyzed using a t-test procedure for independent samples. The results revealed that there were significant differences in favour of science students in successive and simultaneaus processing (at.01 and .05 respectively). The differences were in favour of high achievers in successive processing (at .01) and level of processing (at. 02).
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