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The Effect of Pictures on the Acquisition and Retention of Sight Words.

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Elman, Elaine – 1973

This study was designed to investigate the differences in effectiveness in teaching sight words to kindergarten children by using words only (no-picture group), words and simple pictures (simple-picture group), and words and complex pictures (complex-picture group). The subjects were 30 kindergarten children selected from two kindergarten classes.…

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Kindergarten Children, Paired Associate Learning, Pictorial Stimuli

Pictorial Elaboration Effects on Mexican-American Children's Retention of Noun Pairs.

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Sherwin, Trisha; Kee, Daniel W. – 1978

The present experiment investigated: (1) the effect of pictorial elaboration on low socioeconomic-status Mexican-American children's long term memory for noun pairs; (2) the effects of labeling mode on estimates of paired-associate acquisition and retention; and (3) the interrelationships between paired-associate task performance and school…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education