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Learning to Remember: Social-Communicative Exchanges and the Development of Children's Memory Skills
Direct linkOrnstein, Peter A.; Haden, Catherine A.; Hedrick, Amy M. – Developmental Review, 2004
For more than three decades, the question ''What is memory development the development of?'' has guided research on children's memory. As theories and methodologies have evolved, so too has our knowledge of the mnemonic competencies of young children, and of age-related differences in memory performance. Unfortunately, however, current…
Descriptors: Memorization, Longitudinal Studies, Memory
Peer reviewedOrnstein, Peter A.; And Others – Child Development, 1975
Two experiments were conducted which investigated the developmental patterns of children's rehearsal and organization of material to be memorized. (JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Memorization
Download full textBest, Deborah L.; Ornstein, Peter A. – 1979
The present study was designed to determine whether previous experience with categorically related items would facilitate third and sixth grade children's recall of subsequent unrelated materials. Subjects were 24 children at each grade level. An additional aim was to see if such experience with taxonomic material would influence both the manner…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students
Ornstein, Peter A.; Naus, Mary J. – 1979
In addition to the important role of memory strategies in mediating age changes in recall performance, it is clear that the permanent memory system (or information available in the knowledge base) exerts a significant influence on the acquisition and retention of information. Age changes in memory performance will be fully understood only through…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
