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Gickling, Edward E.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1981
Recognition and retention of high imagery nouns was significantly better than for low imagery nouns for both retarded and nonretarded Ss. Between-group differences were not observed except for delay recall. (Author)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Imagery, Mental Retardation, Retention (Psychology)
MacGeorge, Nancy – 1984
A study was conducted to determine the effects of word imagery on the retention of sight vocabulary. It was hypothesized that in an urban, low income area first grade class there would be no significant difference between the acquisition and retention rates of high imagery words and those of low imagery words. Using one group of high imagery words…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Grade 1, Imagery
