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Peer reviewedLogan, John W.; And Others – Reading Psychology, 1987
Describes the results of a survey of highly successful junior high and middle school students, which asked open-ended questions about their perceptions of spelling. Indicates that visualizing is the most common strategy for learning new words, followed by dictionary use and repeating words over and over. (SKC)
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Strategies, Memorization, Psychological Studies
Canelos, James; And Others – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1986
Describes the third in a series of studies investigating effects of psychological variable of encoding specificity on cognitive learning, test design, and visualization during instruction and testing. Encoding specificity, its application to classroom learning and testing, and its significance to educational technology are explained. The first two…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Encoding (Psychology), Instructional Design
