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Wagner, Daniel A.; Spratt, Jennifer E. – Child Development, 1987
Results indicate specific and positive effects of Quranic schooling on serial memory but not on other memory or cognitive tasks. These findings replicate earlier reports that Quranic schooling affects specific (and not general) memory skills. (PCB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Memory

Lovett, Suzanne B.; Flavell, John H. – Child Development, 1990
Assessed first and third graders' and undergraduates' knowledge of strategies appropriate to comprehension and memory. Also assessed their knowledge of task variables affecting comprehension and memorization tasks. Only undergraduates showed understanding of comprehension-memory distinction. Third graders showed some understanding of differential…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Comprehension