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Memory Development.
Fabricius, William V.; Wellman, Henry M. – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1983
Reviews recent memory development research and general principles of memory strategy development: (1) almost continuous nature of strategy acquisition; (2 and 3) trainability and effectiveness of strategies in younger children; and (4) reversion to nonproduction after instructed use. Argues that training should address children's knowledge and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Memorization, Memory
Preschoolers' Understanding of Memory-relevant Variables
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Wellman, Henry M. – Child Development, 1977
Three-, four- and five-year-old children were presented an array of metamemory tasks designed to test their understanding of variables which affect the difficulty of memory performance. (JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Memorization
Knowledge of the Interaction of Memory Variables: A Developmental Study of Metamemory
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Wellman, Henry M. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Presents a developmental study of children's knowledge and understanding of the interaction of variables which affect memory storage. The study focuses on the children's awareness of their own memory. Subjects were 40 five- and ten-year-old children. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Psychology, Elementary School Students, Memorization
The Development of Understanding as an Indirect Memory Strategy.
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Somerville, Susan C.; Wellman, Henry M. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1979
A complex task designed to elicit a variety of memorization strategies was presented to 236 children aged 10 to 14. (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Learning Processes