Cognition and Memory Project

There are many factors that influence cognition and memory, whether it impacts encoding,
storage or retrieval. Your task is to design an experiment that determines whether something
hurts, helps, or has no effect on one or more of the three. Your experiment should have a control
group, be valid and reliable, and have a variable that you are clearly testing (controlling as many
outside factors as possible). You and your partner, if you choose to work in a pair, are to design
the experiment from start to finish and present your findings in a scientific manner.

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Paper Contents Paper contains Paper includes Paper includes Paper includes
(40 pts) little to no most of the background background
information, following: information, a information, a
and/or the background hypothesis, a hypothesis, a
information information, a description of description of
provided is hypothesis, a data collection, data collection,
largely off topic description of results, and results, and
or not connected data collection, conclusion conclusion
to the unit. results, and drawn. drawn.
conclusion Information Information
drawn. One or discussed may discussed is
two items may veer off topic or relevant and
be missing. are not clearly clearly
Information connected to the connected to
discussed may unit. unit.
veer off topic or
are not clearly
connected to the
unit.

Paper Paper has no Paper is not well Paper is mostly Paper is well
Organization/M organization and organized and organized organized (with
echanics (20 has significant many paragraphs although some clear sections,
pts) (>15) run together. paragraphs may headings are
mechanical Paper has many run together and helpful but not
errors. Paper is (11-15) has some (5-10) necessary) and
not typed in size mechanical mechanical has limited (<5)
12, Times New errors. Paper is errors. Paper is mechanical
Roman, with 1 typed in size 12 typed in size 12 errors. Paper is
inch margins. font, Times New font, Times New typed in size 12
Roman, with 1 Roman, with 1 font, Times New
inch margins. inch margins. Roman, with 1
inch margins.

Presentation Presentation is Presentation Presentation Presentation

Organization/M barren or method does not method is mostly method is
echanics (20 convoluted in its clearly convey effective and effective and
pts) attempt to information. logical. logical.
convey Presentation is Presentation has Presentation has
information. not organized some order or a clear order or
and does not sequence and sequence and
contain all of the contains most of contains the
information the same or same or similar
provided in the similar information as
paper. information as the paper.
the paper.

Effective Use of Student(s) had to Student(s) spent Student(s) were Student(s) used
Time (20 pts) complete the most of the time off task a few time effectively
entire project off task and times (<30 and completed
outside of class required frequent minutes) or did the task in the
due to time spent prompting. not complete the time given.
off task. assignment Student(s) did
during the time not require much
given. Student(s) prompting and
required much spent little time
prompting. off task.

Total score:_____/100