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| Maisto, Albert A. | 2 |
| Ashford, Donnell C. | 1 |
| Gordon, Donald A. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedGordon, Donald A.; Baumeister, Alfred A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1971
The focus of the study was on the paired-associate performance of retarded subjects of different levels of mental age under various instructional conditions. (WY)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Mediation Theory, Mental Retardation, Paired Associate Learning
Peer reviewedBaumeister, Alfred A.; Maisto, Albert A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1977
Reports two experiments designed to assess the influence of stimulus meaningfulness on processing time with children of differing ages. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Mediation Theory
Peer reviewedAshford, Donnell C.; Baumeister, Alfred A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
Presents a series of these experiments which examined cue function in trigram verbal discrimination learning by retarded subjects. The two variables of chief interest were: (1) trigram meaningfulness, and (2) reinforcement history. (Author/LLK)
Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedBaumeister, Alfred A.; Maisto, Albert A. – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Presents a study of paired-associative learning involving a total of 80 preschool and second grade children. Four familiarization categories of pretraining were utilized; results are discussed in terms of the effects of pretraining conditions and age on paired-associative learning and their consistency with some developmental hypotheses and phase…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Learning Processes
