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Evidence of a Positive Effect of Verbal Cumulative Rehearsal on Serial Order Working Memory, as Early as 4 Years Old
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Attout, Lucie; Monnier, Catherine – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The use of a verbal rehearsal strategy (repeating the items to be remembered to oneself in serial order) has been identified as a key factor in explaining working memory (WM) development. However, the debate remains open with regard to the age at which children are able to use it, and the actual benefits of using such a strategy. Numerous…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Mnemonics, Serial Ordering, Elementary School Students
Is Verbal Rehearsal Strategic? An Investigation into Overt Rehearsal of Nameable Pictures in 5- to 10-Year-Old Children
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Candice C. Morey; Angela M. AuBuchon; Meg Attwood; Thomas Castelain; Nelson Cowan; Davide Crepaldi; Emilie Fjerdingstad; Eivor Fredriksen; Chris Jarrold; Chris Koch; Jaroslaw R. Lelonkiewicz; Gary Lupyan; Whitney Mendenhall; David Moreau; Christina Schonberg; Christian K. Tamnes; Haley Vlach; Emily M. Elliott – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2025
Though verbal rehearsal is a frequently endorsed strategy for remembering short lists among adults, there is ambiguity around when children deploy it, and what circumstantial factors encourage them to rehearse. We recoded data from a recent multilab replication of a serial picture memory task in which children were observed for evidence of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Recall (Psychology), Learning Processes, Priming
Serial Recall, Word Frequency, and Mixed Lists: The Influence of Item Arrangement
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Miller, Leonie M.; Roodenrys, Steven – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2012
Studies of the effect of word frequency in the serial recall task show that lists of high-frequency words are better recalled than lists of low-frequency words; however, when high- and low-frequency words are alternated within a list, there is no difference in the level of recall for the two types of words, and recall is intermediate between lists…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Speech, Word Frequency, Short Term Memory
Concurrent Cognitive Processes in Rat Serial Pattern Learning: Item Memory, Serial Position, and Pattern Structure
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Muller, Melissa D.; Fountain, Stephen B. – Learning and Motivation, 2010
Three experiments examined the processes mediating rat serial pattern learning for rule-consistent versus rule-violating pattern elements ("violation elements"). In all three experiments, rats were trained to press retractable levers in a circular array in a specific sequence for brain-stimulation reward (BSR). Experiment 1 examined the role of…
Descriptors: Animals, Cognitive Processes, Cues, Serial Ordering
Encoding Strategy Changes and Spacing Effects in the Free Recall of Unmixed Lists
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Delaney, P.F.; Knowles, M.E. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2005
Memory for repeated items often improves when repetitions are separated by other items-a phenomenon called the spacing effect. In two experiments, we explored the complex interaction between study strategies, serial position, and spacing effects. When people studied several unmixed lists, they initially used mainly rote rehearsal, but some people…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Serial Ordering, Mnemonics, Learning Strategies
The First Letter Mnemonic
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Nelson, Douglas L.; Archer, Cynthia Stark – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972
Purpose of this study was to ascertain the efficiency of the first letter mnemonic as a memorization strategy. (Authors)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Letters (Alphabet), Memorization, Mnemonics
Memory for Rhythmic Series: Age Changes in Accuracy and Number Coding
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Lehman, Elyse Brauch; Goodnow, Jacqueline – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Information Processing, Learning Processes
Spatial-Temporal Organization in Memory of a Serial Motor Task.
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Husak, William S.; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence that varying types of labels have on the organization of a series of movements in memory. Subjects were presented with a series of movements on a positioning task. They were provided with numeric labels for each movement held in the series. Results indicated that labels play an important…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Mnemonics, Patterned Responses
Understanding Instructions.
Milburn, Val – 1986
This guide is intended to help adult basic education (ABE) teachers teach their students to understand instructions in their daily lives. The 25 learning activities included all develop students' skills in the area of following directions by using basic situations drawn from everyday life. The following activities are included: sequencing pictures…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Daily Living Skills, Learning Activities