Ms. Campbell's sixth graders were assigned to learn about the turn of the century and the world's fair in San Francisco by deciding which exhibits at the fair they would have enjoyed most and which they would have enjoyed least. The technique Ms. Campbell chose took advantage of which of the following?

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The self-reference effect is a tendency for people to encode information differently depending on the level at which the self is implicated in the information. When students decide which exhibits they would have enjoyed most or least, they are relating the information to themselves, which enhances memory and understanding.

Ms Campbell's Sixth Graders Were Assigned to Learn About the Turn