Mental Effort and Elaboration: Effects of Accessibility and Instruction.

Kee, Daniel W.; Davies, Leslie

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Publication Date: 1990

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Mental Effort and Elaboration: Effects of Accessibility and Instruction.

Kee, Daniel W.; Davies, Leslie

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v49 n2 p264-74 Apr 1990

Mental effort expended during the creation of sentence elaborations by fifth graders performing two simultaneous tasks was greater for inaccessible than accessible pairs. The difference was not observed when subjects were provided with pair members in sentences. (RH)

Descriptors: Associative Learning, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Nouns

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Language: English

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