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Peer reviewedMatsuda, Noriyuki; Robbins, Donald – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Using recognition tests with new and old exemplars (multiple-component characters) and prototypes (common components), the traditional language learning technique of paired-associate training with exemplars of Chinese characters and specific English translations led to the poorest performance of the three methods tested. Learning either exemplars…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Chinese, College Students, Distinctive Features (Language)
Peer reviewedCox, William F., Jr. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1978
To detect the underlying structural relationship or chain among certain memorized pairs, two groups of undergraduates verbally reordered previously memorized pairs of either concrete or abstract nouns. The superior performance of the concrete word subjects was attributed to the differential effect of imaginal versus verbal encoding. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Memorization
