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Smith, Brenda D.; And Others – 1987
To explore the usefulness of imagery as a learning tool in a classroom situation, this study investigated whether a visual image has an additive effect on the recall of definitions of previously unknown English words. One-hundred-forty-two students enrolled in six sections of an upper level developmental reading course at Georgia State University…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Theories, Long Term Memory