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Eliza L. Congdon – Child Development, 2024
Why is instructional gesture ineffective in some contexts? And what is it about learners that predicts whether they will learn from gestures? This between-subjects linear measurement training study compares gesture instruction to two controls--operant action and transient action--in a diverse sample of first-grade students (N = 174, M[subscript…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Nonverbal Communication, Grade 1
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López Assef, Belén; Desmeules-Trudel, Félix; Bernard, Amélie; Zamuner, Tania S. – Child Development, 2021
Research has found mixed evidence for the production effect in childhood. Some studies have found a positive effect of production on word recognition and recall, while others have found the reverse. This paper takes a developmental approach to investigate the production effect. Children aged 2-6 years (n = 150) from a predominantly white…
Descriptors: Child Development, Word Recognition, Recall (Psychology), Whites