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Publication Date: 1990
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Can Age X Learnability Interactions Explain the Development of Forgetting?
Brainerd, C. J.; Reyna, V. F.
Developmental Psychology, v26 n2 p194-213 Mar 1990
Two experiments involving students from grades 1-2 and 5-6 found strong connections between development and forgetting rates when the influences of learning ability were eliminated. Findings eliminated a hypothesis based on age variability in overlearning. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Etiology, Memory, Path Analysis, Research Problems
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Language: English
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