Developmental and Population Comparison of Taxonomic and Thematic Organization in Free Recall.

Siaw, Susan Nakayama

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ERIC Number: EJ307774

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Publication Date: 1984

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Developmental and Population Comparison of Taxonomic and Thematic Organization in Free Recall.

Siaw, Susan Nakayama

Journal of Educational Psychology, v76 n5 p755-65 Oct 1984

Using cross classifiable pictures, this study assessed taxonomic and thematic clustering in free recall in 240 children, ages seven and ten. The effects of both free and constrained test conditions and developmental, ethnic, and socioeconomic differences, were examined. (BS)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cluster Grouping, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Performance Factors, Racial Differences, Recall (Psychology), Socioeconomic Status, Student Characteristics, Visual Measures

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Article based on doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of Southern California. Writing of Southern National Institute of Mental Health Training Grant MH15730. Portions of the study presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (Detroit, MI, April, 1983).