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Vasu, Ellen Storey; Howe, Ann C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Investigates the additive memory effect of two modes of presenting information to elementary children on the retention of both images and words. Children represented more information in pictorial than in verbal form. The visual-verbal treatment group scored higher on most of both verbal and pictorial responses than the visual treatment group.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Imagery, Learning Strategies, Retention (Psychology)