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Nelson, Keith E.; Kosslyn, Stephen M. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
This study examines the role of verbal labels in picture recognition by 5-year-olds and adults to find out if recognition accuracy and time of recognition choice is influenced by the use of labels. (GO)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Miyakawa, Hiroko; Restaino, Lillian C. R. – 1976
Two experiments evaluated the effects of mnemonic training upon 5- and 10-year-old children's learning and retention of patterns at varying intervals. Subjects were 172 middle class children evenly distributed across the two age groups. Experiment I investigated the effects of individual strategies (perceptual exploration, organization of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Learning