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Malsam, Mary E. – 1995
This study sought to determine whether categorizing information would increase students' ability to recall that information. Two recall tests, consisting of a list of 30 words in random order and a list of the same 30 words grouped into 6 categories, was developed and administered to 2 groups of 16 fourth- and fifth-grade students enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students