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Peer reviewedSiegel, Alexander W.; And Others – Child Development, 1976
The spatial and temporal components of a serial position recall task were experimentally manipulated in a study using kindergarten, first grade, and second grade children to determine the factors involved in the primacy effect. (BRT)
Descriptors: Memory, Mnemonics, Primacy Effect, Primary Education
Levin, Joel R.; And Others – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1983
Students learned the numerical order of 14 U.S. Presidents through either a complex mnemonic strategy or their own technique. Performance pattern differences were detected between the groups, chiefly serial position profiles produced by those using their own techniques, and slower response time of subjects using mnemonic strategies. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
Download full textReese, Hayne W. – 1970
A skilled cognitive theorist might help behaviorists resolve inconsistencies found from their experimentation with imaginal mnemonics in paired-associate and serial learning tasks. Iconic cognition which relegates verbal processes to short-term storage and output systems is inadequate to explain the verbal coding and elaboration processes…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Processes, Conditioning
