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Download full textNewman, Slater E.; Nicholson, Lawrence R. – 1975
Subjects were given three trials to speak and to write as fast as they could both the alphabet and a set of two-digit numbers. The speed or oral responding was approximately 6 syllables per second for letters and 7 syllables per second for digits. The speed for writing was approximately 2 items per second for both digits and letters. Correlations…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Handwriting, Memory
Peer reviewedPrather, Dirk C.; Berry, Gene A. – Education, 1973
The position is confirmed that both types of information feedback improve retention, but the delayed information feedback method is more effective. From this study it can be postulated that feedback in general does improve performance. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Feedback, Retention (Psychology)
Drew, Clifford J.; Altman, Reuben – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: College Students, Difficulty Level, Learning Processes, Memory
Tedford, W. H., Jr.; Rose, Catherine P. – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Learning Processes
Wright, John H.; Gescheider, George A. – J Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Theories, Memory, Paired Associate Learning
Peer reviewedAbramczyk, Rudolf R. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, College Students, Cues, Discrimination Learning
Baller, William – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Difficulty Level
KLAUSMEIER, HERBERT J.; RAMSAY, JAMES G. – 1965
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CLARIFY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES TAKEN FROM TWO MAJOR CLASSES--A VARIABLE RELATED TO CONDITIONS OF LEARNING AND A STIMULUS VARIABLE. SPECIFICALLY, THE STUDY DEALT WITH CONCEPT ATTAINMENT BY INDIVIDUALS AND IDENTIFIED THROUGH FIGURAL OR VERBAL INSTANCES. PERFORMANCE WAS ASSESSED WITH FIVE DEPENDENT VARIABLES--TIME…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Wilder, Larry – 1971
The frequency theory of verbal discrimination learning makes no distinction between silent and spoken rehearsal. Further, the frequency theory predicts that the study-test method of list presentation is superior to the anticipation method. College students, performing under silent and spoken rehearsal conditions, learned 16 low-frequency…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Articulation (Speech), Cognitive Processes, College Students
