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Peer reviewedChenoweth, Edgar A.; Wilcove, Gerry L. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Download full textHohn, Robert L.; Martin, Clessen J. – 1968
Seven mediational strategies for use in verbal associative learning have been discovered. They range from the simple to the intermediate to the complex. The subjects of this study were 173 fifth graders, who were administered a paired-associate (PA) task and asked to identify the strategies they used. On the basis of this data, they were then…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Educational Strategies, Grade 5, Individual Differences
Osborne, John W.; Farley, Frank H. – 1971
In two separate paired-associate learning experiments each employing 40 university students as subjects, the contribution of individual differences (IDs) in arousal to short- and long-term retention was investigated using IDs in salivary response to lemon juice stimulation as an index of arousal. Experimental subjects were pre-selected out of 184…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, College Students, Experimental Psychology, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedYen, Wendy, M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
An information processing model was fitted to individual learning of paired associates and word definitions for 378 fifth to tenth-grade students. Reliable individual differences in acquisition rate and long-term retention were found. Correlations with traditional aptitude and achievement scores were discussed; no significant sex or ethnic group…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Processes
Rohwer, William D., Jr.; Levin, Joel R. – 1970
The major emphasis of this study is on the comparative validities of paired-associate learning tests and IQ tests in predicting reading achievement. The study engages in a brief review of earlier research in order to examine the validity of two assumptions--that the construction and/or the use of a tactic that simplifies a learning task is one of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes
Loye, David, Ed. – 1970
This booklet surveys all the research studies (approx. 205), undertaken at ETS from July 1968 through June 1969. It offers research results to interested, nonresearch professional readers, and supplements more formal reports for professionals interested in research processes as well. Four major themes in the ETS research program are emphasized:…
Descriptors: Careers, Cognitive Processes, Computer Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
