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Peer reviewedAnderson, Richard C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Learning Processes, Memory, Mnemonics
Peer reviewedPressley, Michael; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
The keyword method of vocabulary learning was compared with five methods designed to increase semantic processing of the definitions of vocabulary words. The method enhanced vocabulary/definition (associative) learning, but not definition (response) learning per se. In contrast, the semantic conditions tended to increase nonassociative learning of…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Definitions, Educational Strategies, Higher Education
Download full textPressley, Michael; And Others – 1981
A study examined the efficacy of the keyword method of vocabulary instruction by comparing it with five methods designed to increase semantic processing of the definitions of the vocabulary words. Subjects in all five experiments were college students. In the first three experiments, recall of the definitions from the vocabulary words was the…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Language Processing
