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Gelabert, Tony; And Others – Child Development, 1980
Two studies assessed the effects of material incentives and feedback on the use of rehearsal by first grade children. Subjects were required to remember the order in which the experimenter pointed to simple objects and rehearsal was assessed by observing lip movements during a 15-second retention interval. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Feedback, Incentives, Learning Processes, Memorization
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McGilly, Kate; Siegler, Robert S. – Child Development, 1989
Investigated the serial recall strategies of 96 children aged 5-8 years by applying a theoretical and methodological approach originally developed to investigate preschoolers' arithmetic strategies. Results indicated the use of multiple approaches for serial recall and adaptive strategy choices. (RJC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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MacNeilage, Peter F.; Davis, Barbara L.; Kinney, Ashlynn; Matyear, Christine L. – Child Development, 2000
Presents evidence for four major design features of serial organization of speech arising from comparison of babbling and early speech with patterns in ten languages. Maintains that no explanation for the design features is available from Universal Grammar; except for intercyclical consonant repetition development, perceptual-motor learning seems…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Influences, Language Acquisition