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Peer reviewedAnd Others; Worthington, R. Kirby – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Thirty-two preschool children were matched by age, sex, and pretest scores on spatial concept knowledge. Four groups were (1) instruction (see and hear) only, (2) verbal repetition, (3) fine motor treatment (hand manipulation), and (4) gross motor treatment (body movement). There was no difference in performance between groups given instruction…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Learning Modalities, Motor Development
Peer reviewedCorgiat, Mark D.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1989
Evaluated contributions of age, presentation modality, task demand, and content structure to prose recall variation among adults. Tested 60 young and 60 older adults for recall of ideas in 641-word prose passage. Found recall for total number of idea units was significantly lower for older participants and for auditory presentation across both age…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Learning Modalities, Memory, Older Adults
Peer reviewedWilliams, Joanna; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
In these studies, authors sought to examine the role of mode of presentation in a verbal learning task, within the context of age-grade differences in two social groups. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aural Learning, Learning Modalities, Paired Associate Learning
