Research on the role of visual memory and serial recall in dyslexia is reviewed. Findings touch on feature theory, which proposes that information is held in the form of "features," and that students for example learn to discriminate letters by marking certain identifiable aspects. Other studies are described which focus on speed of processing…

3 EXPERIMENTS WERE DESIGNED TO FILL THE GAP BETWEEN LAB-ESTABLISHED VERBAL LEARNING PRINCIPLES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO COMPLEX VERBAL LEARNING BY USING THE TEACHING MACHINE TO CONTROL PRESENTATION VARIABLES SUCH AS AMOUNT AND ORDER OF MATERIAL EXPOSED. EXPERIMENT I MEASURED THE EFFECTS OF REPETITION AND SPACED REVIEW ON RETENTION, EXPERIMENT II…

It was predicted that verbalization of prose materials would produce greater anxiety but would also result in greater retention of the passages, that prior knowledge of the verbalization requirement would lead to better retention, and that induced expectancy to verbalize would result in better retention than would no expectancy. Results indicated…

In understanding comprehension as the active processing of reading material, and in assuming that certain key content is stored in the memory, then mnemonic cues could be one important means of recalling this stored information. Since associative words apparently have high mnemonic cue value, they have been the subject of numerous investigations.…

THE EFFECTS OF INTERPOLATED ITEMS ON THE LEARNING AND RETENTION OF INDIVIDUAL STIMULUS-RESPONSE (S-R) UNITS IN PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING WERE INVESTIGATED. EXPERIMENTS WERE DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF INTERFERENCE PRODUCED BY OTHER ITEMS WHICH OCCUR NATURALLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A STANDARD PAIRED-ASSOCIATE TASK. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL…

A Markov model was proposed to account for the short-term retention of the spatial arrangement of letters. The model was fit to three spatial location recall conditions in experiments which differed in distractor task. The rate of information transfer from primary to secondary memory was affected by changes in distractor task. (SW)

The viewpoint is advanced that induction is a determing factor in the way knowledge is acquired and that in the acquisition of a language and the development of knowledge this process plays a crucial role. (JD)

A technique that can be used to study the effects of low-level, rote, repetitive (Type I) rehearsal is introduced and validated. The technique is then used to investigate the relationship between the amount of Type I rehearsal and recognition memory performance. (Author/RM)

An investigation of the effects of passive and active rehearsal on developmental processing differences for movement reproduction indicated that active and mature rehearsal had positive results for the younger child. A discussion of the three methods of rehearsal that were used is included. (Author/DF)

This article describes an experiment designed to define the difficulties perceived by learners in verbal learning tasks. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)

Two experiments examined imagery as a factor in children's learning to associate pairs of objects. Presenting objects in an interacting fashion facilitated recognition, and indicated that children can be trained to form their own interaction images. (DP)

Results of the study show that punishment is an effective condition of learning. (Author)

The primary objective of the research reported in this paper was to examine the relationship between early formal school experiences and the development of certain learning and memory processes. (Author)

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