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Di Vesta, Francis J.; Bernstein, Martin E. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported by grant HD-02025 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, U.S. Public Health Service.
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Learning Theories, Paired Associate Learning
Rapoport, Amnon – 1966
The prediction that two different methods of constructing linear, tree graphs will yield the same formal structure of semantic space and measurement of word proximity was tested by comparing the distribution of node degree, the distribution of the number of pairs of nodes connected y times, and the distribution of adjective degree in trees…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Males
Ehri, Linnea C.; Richardson, Dana – 1972
Second and sixth graders were asked to learn noun pairs linked by various types of verbal connectives: Verbs, unmarked and marked comparative adjectives, polar antonym adjective pairs, and conjunctions. Results indicated that all contexts produced better learning than conjunctions, that comparative adjective effects were superior to the polar-pair…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Nouns, Paired Associate Learning, Recall (Psychology)
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Hicks, Robert A.; Packwood, James – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Grade 1, Grade 2, Paired Associate Learning
Underwood, Benton J.; And Others – 1973
Constant-order paired-associate lists were used in which the numbers 1-24 were stimulus terms, and 24 nouns were response terms. The order of the nouns was varied across five lists to produce a different number of the hierarchical conceptual levels in the lists. There were two degrees of original learning and three types of retention tests after…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation