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Peer reviewedPressley, Michael; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1987
Children 6- to ll-years-old heard concrete sentences which they were asked to learn. Half the children received imagery instruction. Greater short-term memory and verbal competence predicted better sentence learning in the imagery condition, but not in the control condition. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Imagery, Learning Strategies
