A Developmental Study of Facilitation by Mnemonic Instruction.

Kemler, Deborah G.; Jusczyk, Peter W.

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Publication Date: 1975

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A Developmental Study of Facilitation by Mnemonic Instruction

Kemler, Deborah G.; Jusczyk, Peter W.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 20, 3, 400-410, Dec 75

Children in grades 1 and 4 and adults were given instruction to image or to verbalize a sentence in order to study a stimulus provided aurally. Both types of instruction enhanced memory, but results indicate the greater requirements for subject-generated mediation to some degree penalized younger subjects and benefited older ones. (GO)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Associative Learning, Auditory Stimuli, Elementary Education, Mediation Theory, Memory, Mnemonics, Recall (Psychology)

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