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Download full textHackbarth, Steven L. – 1972
A total of 441 articles related to the semantic and acoustic properties of memory are cross-referenced and listed alphabetically with the authors' original abstract or summary. (Author)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Annotated Bibliographies, Learning Processes, Memory
Peer reviewedTaub, Harvey A. – Educational Gerontology, 1980
It is paradoxical that analog tasks are used in learning and memory studies of aging when older groups are less responsive or may terminate participation when faced with what they believe are meaningless stimuli or trivial tasks. Research with meaningful prose materials is recommended. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Learning Processes, Lifelong Learning, Measurement Techniques
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Research. – 1978
This fifth in a series of reports concerning school calendars examines the literature about learning, retention, and forgetting. The emphasis is necessarily on "time," as that is the major variable among calendars. Theories of memory are described: (1) storage and retrieval, and (2) imprint and trace decay. Relative to forgetting, a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 23 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects on reading comprehension of a number of reader-related factors, including lookback during studying, oral versus silent reading modes, reading…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Discourse Analysis
Schendel, J. D.; And Others – 1978
A summary of an extensive literature survey deals with the variables known or suspected to affect the retention of learned motor behaviors over lengthy no-practice intervals. Emphasis was given to research conducted by or for the military. The variables that may affect the retention of motor skills were dichotomized into task variables and…
Descriptors: Ability, Armed Forces, Behavior Development, Environmental Influences
Carroll, John B. – 1974
Overall and specific tasks involved in learning a foreign language and the factors that promote or retard learning are considered. To apply theories of learning and teaching, behavioral objectives for the learner must be considered. A macro-level learning theory is useful in conceptualizing reasons for student success and failure and in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with the following topics: children's ability to read their own dictated oral language; adjunct structure and reading comprehension; learning and comprehension of simultaneously presented stimuli in children of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adults, Advance Organizers, Age Differences
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: effects of methods of study, cognitive style, pre-information on the construction of written material, gender of generic pronouns, and study questions interspersed…
Descriptors: Adults, Advance Organizers, Annotated Bibliographies, Art Expression
