Mnemonic Learning of Artists and Their Paintings.

Carney, Russell N.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ383267

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Mnemonic Learning of Artists and Their Paintings.

Carney, Russell N.; And Others

American Educational Research Journal, v25 n1 p107-25 Spr 1988

Three experiments were conducted in which the "face-name" mnemonic was adapted for use in learning 30 painting/artist associations by a total of 183 university undergraduates. Subjects exposed to verbal and pictorial mnemonic aids were better able than were others to match artists and their paintings. (TJH)

Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Learning Strategies, Memorization, Mnemonics, Painting (Visual Arts), Pictorial Stimuli, Recall (Psychology), Undergraduate Students

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Language: English

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Note: An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, CA, April 16-20, 1986).