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Download full textTurnure, James E.; Thurlow, Martha L. – 1972
Reported were two studies designed to clarify the effects of verbal elaboration on children's learning. Study I was undertaken to replicate, with controlled training times, an earlier investigation of the effects of three types of extended verbal elaboration (sentences, semantic paragraphs, and syntactic paragraphs). Trials to criterion analyses…
Descriptors: Learning, Mediation Theory, Paired Associate Learning, Paragraphs
Thurlow, Martha L.; Turnure, James E. – 1971
The relative effectiveness of three types of elaboration (sentences, semantic paragraphs, and syntactic paragraphs) on paired associate learning in 75 educable mentally retarded Ss was tested under list lengths of eight, 12, 16 and 24 pairs. For all lists except the eight pair list, the elaborators were found to be equally and highly effective as…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Literature Reviews, Mediation Theory
