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The Development of Mental Imagery Retrieval.
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Pressley, Michael; Levin, Joel R. – Child Development, 1980
Instructions were given to first and sixth graders to use an imagery-retrieval strategy in recalling 18 paired associates. (SS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Imagery, Memorization
A Test of the Developmental Imagery Hypothesis in Children's Associative Learning.
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Levin, Joel R.; Pressley, Michael – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Kindergarten children were administered a paired-associate learning task at the beginning and end of the school-year, under either regular (control) or self-generated visual imagery instructions. Age predicted performance in the imagery but not in the control condition. Results supported the developmental imagery hypothesis. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Educational Experience, Learning Activities
Developmental Differences in Subjects' Associative-Learning Strategies and Performance: Assessing a Hypothesis
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Pressley, Michael; Levin, Joel R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1977
In this study, the self-reported strategies of fifth, seventh, and ninth grade subjects used to learn a list of paired associates were correlated with actual learning performance to test the hypothesis that proficient learners are elaborators. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Elementary School Students