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Peer reviewedRaugh, Michael R.; Atkinson, Richard C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Four experiments evaluate the effectiveness of a two-stage mnemonic procedure, the keyword method, for learning Spanish vocabulary. This method proved highly effective, yielding in one experiment a final test score of 88 percent correct for the keyword group compared to 28 percent for the control group. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Mnemonics
