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Ryan, Ellen Bouchard; And Others – Child Development, 1987
The effects of two imagery training procedures on pictograph sentence memory were examined in 66 kindergarten prereaders. Group 1 was taught in four sessions to read the pictographs, then imagine the available toys acting out the sentence meaning. Group 2 received the first two sessions as above followed by two sessions involving a modified…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Imagination, Kindergarten Children, Pictorial Stimuli

Foley, Mary Ann; Johnson, Marcia K. – Child Development, 1985
While six- and nine-year-olds were as good as adults in distinguishing what they did from what they saw someone else do, children had particular trouble across a range of actions in distinguishing actual from imagined doing. All subjects recalled actions according to performer; organization by person categories reduced clustering based on action…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students