Developmental Differences in Subjects' Associative-Learning Strategies and Performance: Assessing a Hypothesis.

Pressley, Michael; Levin, Joel R.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Developmental Differences in Subjects' Associative-Learning Strategies and Performance: Assessing a Hypothesis

Pressley, Michael; Levin, Joel R.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 24, 3, 431-9, Dec 77

In this study, the self-reported strategies of fifth, seventh, and ninth grade subjects used to learn a list of paired associates were correlated with actual learning performance to test the hypothesis that proficient learners are elaborators. (Author/SB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Elementary School Students, Junior High School Students, Learning Strategies, Mediation Theory, Memory, Paired Associate Learning, Research

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