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The Meaning of Paired Associates
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Levin, Joel R.; Horvitz, James M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Examines the relationship between sentence meaning and paired-associate recall. (AG)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Memory
Semantic and Imaginal Factors in Learning as Related to Age
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Horvitz, James M.; Levin, Joel R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Imagery instructions facilitated the performance of sixth-, but not third-graders. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Data Analysis, Elementary School Students, Imagery
Verbal and Visual Processes in Children's Learning: I. Meaning in Paired Associate Learning. Report from the Project on Variables and Processes in Cognitive Learning.
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Levin, Joel R.; Horvitz, James M. – 1970
The role of meaning in the learning of verbally presented paired associates (PAs) is described by means of an experiment with a replication. A printed PA list containing six different types of items was presented to Sixth Graders. Four of the item types consisted of sentence-embedded PAs on the study trials, followed by test trial cues varying in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Learning Processes
The Use of Imagery Instructions in Children's Learning as a Function of Age. Technical Report No. 159.
Horvitz, James M. – 1971
This study is an attempt to investigate the usefulness of imagery instructions in learning PA nouns embedded in sentences and conjunction phrases with three different age groups (third grade, sixth grade and college students). In addition, six different item types are employed to convey increasingly dissimilar contexts from study to test trials.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students