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Peer reviewedLevin, Joel R.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1983
Eighth-grade students were given short prose passages that described the distinguishing attributes of fictitious towns. Illustrations were devised to represent the attributes, either separately, thematically, or thematically in conjunction with the mnemonic keyword method. Keyword illustrations proved to be highly effective facilitators of…
Descriptors: Illustrations, Junior High Schools, Learning Strategies, Memory
Peer reviewedMcCormick, Christine B.; And Others – Reading Psychology, 1990
Compares (in two experiments) thematic and mnemonic strategies with respect to: (1) the amount of prose information remembered by students; and (2) the students' structuring of that information. Finds mnemonic strategies more beneficial for recall and organization only when several passages were presented, and thematic strategies more beneficial…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
