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| Age Differences | 2 |
| Elementary School Students | 2 |
| Memory | 2 |
| Primacy Effect | 2 |
| Research | 2 |
| Cues | 1 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Preschool Children | 1 |
| Recall (Psychology) | 1 |
| Serial Learning | 1 |
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| Child Development | 2 |
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| Berch, Daniel B. | 1 |
| Sarver, Gary S. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBerch, Daniel B. – Child Development, 1978
Results of two experiments suggested (1) that spatial cues serve as functional stimuli in the standard probe-type task, and (2) that the contextual uniqueness of the first item is probably responsible for the occurrence of primacy in young children. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cues, Elementary School Students, Memory
Peer reviewedSarver, Gary S.; And Others – Child Development, 1976
The present study was designed to investigate the effects of stimulus presentation rate on recall and primacy-recency effects in children. Results indicated that the traditional interpretation of the primacy effect as reflecting long-term memory store may not be valid. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Memory
