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| Paired Associate Learning | 1 |
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| Marsh, George | 1 |
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Peer reviewedMarsh, George; Desberg, Peter – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1978
Two experiments investigated the effects of pictures as first-sound or action mnemonics for learning letter-sound pairs by prereading kindergarten children. In both experiments, the mnemonics had a substantial effect during training, but this effect disappeared on a transfer test with the mnemonics removed. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Kindergarten Children, Learning Processes, Mnemonics, Paired Associate Learning
