Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ361473
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Developmental Differences in the Mental Effort Requirements for the Use of an Organizational Strategy in Free Recall.
Bjorklund, David F.; Harnishfeger, Katherine Kipp
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v44 n1 p109-25 Aug 1987
Results suggest that when memory strategies are used by young children, the mental effort expended on implementing the mnemonic reduces the amount of mental capacity available for other activities, resulting in only modest gains in memory performance. (PCB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Learning Strategies, Memory, Mnemonics, Recall (Psychology), Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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