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Direct linkLai, Feng-Qi; Newby, Timothy J. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The present study compared the impact of different categories of graphics used within a complex learning task. One hundred eighty five native English speaking undergraduates participated in a task that required learning 18 Chinese radicals and their English equivalent translations. A post-test only control group design compared performance…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Cues, Animation, Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewedHicks, Robert A.; Packwood, James – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Grade 1, Grade 2, Paired Associate Learning
Peer reviewedWicker, Frank W. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Memory, Paired Associate Learning, Performance Factors
Download full textWeinstein, Claire E.; And Others – 1980
Two studies were performed to investigate the effects of material and task variations in the acquisition of cognitive learning strategies. Groups of undergraduate students were taught to use mental imagery, meaningful elaboration, and grouping. The type of training task or the order of training and test materials differed for each of the…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
Ross, Edith – 1967
Sixty young men between 18 and 26 years of age and 60 within the 65-75 year age range, matched for verbal ability and socioeconomic status, were given two paired associate learning tasks differing in level of difficulty under neutral, supportive, and challenging instructions. Older persons revealed a greater performance decrement on the more…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Difficulty Level, Doctoral Dissertations, Motivation Techniques
