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Download full textScott, L. Carol; Goetz, Elizabeth M. – 1978
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of game-like learning activities, as compared to rote memorization procedures, on preschool subjects (n=8) recitation of their home telephone numbers. A rhyming mnemonic memory device was incorporated into the game procedures. A group design was used with a pretest-training-posttest…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Games, Learning Motivation, Memorization
