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Peer reviewedSkaalvik, Einar M. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1977
Focuses on the effect of verbal and pictorial stimuli on paired associate learning. The discussion centers on the traditional finding that learning is easier with pictures than with words as stimuli. Hypothesizes that this effect is caused by differential coding and storing strategies for words and pictures. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Charts, Educational Research, Experiments, Hypothesis Testing
Canelos, James; And Others – 1985
The effects of encoding specificity were evaluated for learners: (1) in a typical classroom group learning environment, (2) receiving an audiovisual presentation on an academic subject, and (3) in a group testing environment. Encoding specificity involves the interaction between the encoding phase of memory or the learning context, the stored…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Cues, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education
Ginther, Dean W.; Brazas, Adam T. – 1986
The contribution of decentration as an underlying component of discrimination learning and discrimination shift behavior was investigated in this study. In addition, the effect of verbal labeling and the relationship of academic achievement to discrimination learning and decentration was considered. The subjects were 120 first grade students who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Discrimination Learning, Grade 1
