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Siegel, Alexander W.; And Others – Child Development, 1976
The spatial and temporal components of a serial position recall task were experimentally manipulated in a study using kindergarten, first grade, and second grade children to determine the factors involved in the primacy effect. (BRT)
Descriptors: Memory, Mnemonics, Primacy Effect, Primary Education
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Hayes, Donald S.; Schulze, Sharon A. – Child Development, 1977
To determine whether young children consistently employ a visual code for remembering pictures in serial recall, 36 preschool children were asked to match picture lists composed of visually similar, phonetically similar, or unrelated items. (JMB)
Descriptors: Mediation Theory, Pictorial Stimuli, Preschool Children, Recall (Psychology)
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Sarver, 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
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Lacher, Miriam R. – Child Development, 1976
Effects of action content and verbal codability of stimulus pictures, parental occupational status and verbal intelligence upon nonverbal serial recall were investigated in white first graders. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Lower Class, Memory