Memory Strategy Monitoring in Adults and Children.

Pressley, Michael; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ296922

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Memory Strategy Monitoring in Adults and Children.

Pressley, Michael; And Others

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, v23 n2 p270-88 Apr 1984

Results of five experiments in which adults and children were exposed to two study strategies for vocabulary learning: (1) repetition of words with meanings and (2) associative elaboration (the keyword method). Subjects were asked to choose one of the two study methods for learning a 24-item list of new vocabulary words. (SL)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis, Language Research, Memory, Research Methodology, Vocabulary Development, Word Study Skills

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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