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Waite, Carole J.; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Memory
Yekovich, Frank R.; Walker, Carol H. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
Two experiments examined characteristics of text that determine when a repeated noun has a clearly identified referent. Verbs and article modifiers appeared to influence whether a noun is merely a repeated word in a text, or whether it is redundant at the propositional level. (SW)
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Learning Processes, Nouns
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Walton, Dan R. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Attitude Change, College Students, Conformity
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; Clark, Richard E. – 1975
Four presentations in two recall conditions (immediate and one-week delay) were used to investigate the combined effects of imagery and semantic organizational strategies on the free recall of 80 college undergraduates. Both imaginal and semantic organization were comparably manipulated presenting each response noun simultaneously with an imagery…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Memory
Eoff, John E.; Rohwer, William D., Jr. – 1972
A three-way design was used to assess the effect of imagery instructions in noun-pair learning. The three principal factors were instructions (imagery versus rehearsal versus control), presentation mode (words versus pictures), and grade (1, 3, 6, and 11). Sixty subjects were drawn from each grade and randomly assigned to the six conditions.…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Behavioral Science Research, Grade 1, Grade 11
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Sherwin, Trisha; Kee, Daniel W. – 1978
The present experiment investigated: (1) the effect of pictorial elaboration on low socioeconomic-status Mexican-American children's long term memory for noun pairs; (2) the effects of labeling mode on estimates of paired-associate acquisition and retention; and (3) the interrelationships between paired-associate task performance and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education