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A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Effects of Presentation Mode and Meaningfulness on Short-Term Recall
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Turnage, Thomas W.; McGinnies, Elliott – American Journal of Psychology, 1973
The present study was undertaken to explore the influence of language (Chinese or English), meaningfulness, and mode of stimulus presentation on serial learning. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, English
Learning and Short-Term Recall by Chinese and American Students as a Function of Language, Mode of Presentation, and Noun Frequency.
Turnage, Thomas W.; McGinnies, Elliott – 1970
The study investigates the effects of linguistic medium (English vs. Chinese), mode of stimulus presentation (visual vs. auditory), and noun frequency on short-term serial recall and serial learning. The results indicate that auditory input facilitates learning for American subjects but not for Taiwanese subjects, who learned somewhat faster with…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies