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Butcher, Phillipa R.; Heubeck, Bernd G.; Welvaert, Marijke – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Background: Despite evidence that high levels of anxiety can impair Working Memory (WM) functioning, little is known about how anxiety is associated with classroom learning activities, which make high demands on verbal WM. Aims: To investigate the association between anxiety and learning on a task which makes high demands on verbal WM. Sample:…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Verbal Learning, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Baller, William – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Difficulty Level
Johnson, Craig W. – 1979
Undergraduate students using an imagery mnemonic mediating technique involving "keywords" to learn definitions of thirty unfamiliar words performed better on a 1-week delayed comprehension test, on at least half of the definitions, than those who read and copied definitions. Mnemonic mediating strategies worked better than nonmediating strategies…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Definitions, Difficulty Level
Simon, Eileen – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1979
The recall effectiveness of semantic and phonemic cues was compared to uncover the pattern of deep and elaborate processing in relation to age and experimental treatment. It was concluded that aging results in poor elaboration, especially in inefficient integration of word events with the context of presentation. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cues