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Word Learning in Beginning Readers and Prereaders: Effects of Form Class and Defining Contexts
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Ehri, Linnea C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
In a paired associate task, readers and prereaders were taught five words as oral responses, each word paired with a distinctive nonsense figure. The results raise doubts about the effectiveness of teaching beginning readers sight vocabulary words printed on flash cards. (RC)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Context Clues, Elementary Education, Paired Associate Learning
Mnemotechnics: Some Limitations of the Mnemonic Keyword Method for the Study of Foreign Language Vocabulary.
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Hall, James W.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
The effectiveness of the mnemonic keyword method was examined in four experiments with college students learning lists of pairs of Spanish nouns and their English equivalents. Implications for the further study and application of the keyword method are discussed. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Mnemonics, Paired Associate Learning
Transfer from Teaching to Learning
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Long, K. Kilby – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
The effect of serving as an experimenter in a paired-associate learning procedure on subsequent learning is investigated. (DG)
Descriptors: College Students, Feedback, Learning Processes, Learning Theories