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Peer reviewedCarney, Russell N.; Levin, Joel R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Examines mnemonic transfer in the form of knowledge generalization in the context of an artwork-learning task. Results reveal that mnemonic instruction produced memory benefits on a direct test, and that on a transfer task, mnemonic students who were directed to focus on the general style of the artist outperformed students who focused on details…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Generalization, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedLevin, Mary E.; Levin, Joel R. – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
College undergraduates (N=136) studied a hierarchical plant classification system using a figural taxonomy or a pictorial mnemonomy. Mnemonomy students outperformed taxonomy students on (1) immediate and five-day delayed measures of classification system construction and use; and (2) a test that required solving analogies involving plant terms.…
Descriptors: Botany, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
