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Walen, Susan R. – J Verb Learning Verb Behav, 1970
The learning and retention performances of children and adults were compared on free and serialized reproductions of meaningful words. Although the children took longer than the adults to reach the learning criterion, and short-term retention was equivalent for both groups, the children displayed a superior serial recall at 7-day retention.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Differences, Child Language, Experimental Groups
Hultsch, David Fries – 1968
This study focused on adult age differences in the organizational processes of memory as measured by performance (number of words recalled) and subject imposed organization (SO) of information. Thirty males in each of three age groups (16-19, 30-39, 45-54) underwent 16 inspection trials and 16 recall trails on an experimental list of 22 unrelated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences
