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Peer reviewedAckerman, Brian P.; Rust-Kahl, Elizabeth – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1982
Provides direct evidence of developmental differences in the processing of item-specific information, discussing how these differences affect recognition as well as recall performance in second graders, fifth graders, and college adults. Results suggest that retention varies as a result of the degree to which children differ from adults in…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedEmmerich, Helen Jones; Ackerman, Brian P. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1979
Examines the effect of various encoding activities on the memory of elementary and college students for pictures and words. (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedAckerman, Brian P. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Five experiments examined the developmental relation between attention to target and context information and target memory among second and fifth graders and college adults. Results show that when the context is meaningfully related to target information, adults are less selective than children and are more likely to attend to context information.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention Span, Cognitive Processes
