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Peer reviewedRitchey, Gary H. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 1982
Specific comparisons for a categorized set of items indicated that recall of detailed drawings and outlines was superior to recall of words. For an uncategorized set, outlines were recalled significantly better than pictures and both were recalled better than words. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Associative Learning, Elementary Education
Download full textFehring, Heather – 1983
A study investigated the concept of visual memory and its relationship to the spelling process by examining the attempts of a group of Australian elementary school children to spell a selection of words containing silent consonants. Subjects, 360 second, third, and fourth grade students divided into three spelling ability groups, were given 20…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Consonants, Educational Research
