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Peer reviewedSwanson, Lee; O'Connor, Larry – Journal of Psychology, 1981
With the use of a probe-type serial memory task, hearing and deaf children matched on chronological age, IQ, and sex were randomly assigned to named, unnamed, or dactylo-kinesthetic (finger spelled) stimulus pretraining conditions and compared on subsequent recall performance. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Finger Spelling
Peer reviewedSwanson, Lee – Child Study Journal, 1978
Explores the effect of stimulus familiarity on the spatial primacy performance of normal and retarded children. Assumes that serial recall tasks reflect spatial memory rather than verbal rehearsal. (BD)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Memory, Mental Retardation, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
