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Scruggs, Thomas E.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1987
In two experiments, the importance of mnemonic illustrations for improving the learning and memory performance of learning disabled adolescents was studied. Results showed that students learned more when they studied passages with mnemonic pictures and that mnemonic instruction facilitated students ability to make inferences about information…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, High Schools, Illustrations, Inferences