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Huff, Mark J.; Balota, David A.; Hutchison, Keith A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
We examined whether 2 types of interpolated tasks (i.e., retrieval-practice via free recall or guessing a missing critical item) improved final recognition for related and unrelated word lists relative to restudying or completing a filler task. Both retrieval-practice and guessing tasks improved correct recognition relative to restudy and filler…
Descriptors: Testing, Guessing (Tests), Memory, Retention (Psychology)
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Boucher, Jill; Mayes, Andrew; Bigham, Sally – Psychological Bulletin, 2012
Behavioral evidence concerning memory in forms of high-functioning autism (HFA) and in moderately low-functioning autism (M-LFA) is reviewed and compared. Findings on M-LFA are sparse. However, it is provisionally concluded that memory profiles in HFA and M-LFA (relative to ability-matched controls) are similar but that declarative memory…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Autism, Paired Associate Learning, Memory
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Lai, Feng-Qi; Newby, Timothy J. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The present study compared the impact of different categories of graphics used within a complex learning task. One hundred eighty five native English speaking undergraduates participated in a task that required learning 18 Chinese radicals and their English equivalent translations. A post-test only control group design compared performance…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Cues, Animation, Undergraduate Students