This study investigated whether and how visual representations of individual objects are bound in memory to scene context. Participants viewed a series of naturalistic scenes, and memory for the visual form of a target object in each scene was examined in a 2-alternative forced-choice test, with the distractor object either a different object…

Two experiments were conducted which investigated the developmental patterns of children's rehearsal and organization of material to be memorized. (JMB)

The recognition by children of pictures, names, and pictures together with names was examined using a sequential memory task. (Editor)

The theme of this paper is that learning and memory are generative processes, involving the transfer of previous learning, aptitudes, ways of processing information, and affective states. (Author)

THE PROBLEM WAS TO DISCOVER WHETHER OR NOT HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMEN STUDENTS WHO DID NOT USE MNEMONICS COULD PROFIT BY THEIR USE AND WHETHER THE MNEMONICS SHOULD BE SUPPLIED TO THE STUDENT OR HE SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO CONSTRUCT HIS OWN. USE OF MNEMONIC DEVICES LED TO A MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN TEST SCORES. ALSO, ANY TYPE OF MNEMONIC DEVICE SUPPLIED BY THE…

Explores the aspects of memory that allow people to remember what they have comprehended from reading. (MKM)

A sample of 65 healthy males (31 to 75 years old) memorized lists of six letters (familiar or unfamiliar organization). Age-related differences in the unfamiliar condition could not be wholly accounted for by psychomotor factors. The distributions of response latencies in the oldest groups had greater variance and skew. (Author)

Examined the effect of monetary incentives on word list memory. Subjects were 72 children from grades 4, 6, and 8. (BD)

Reports on a study which reinforces prior findings on melodic memory that show a majority of students do not sing accurately enough after only one hearing of a melody to benefit from vocalization memory techniques. Questions whether vocalization can be a memory reinforcer in melodies that are shorter and simpler than those used in this research.…

The Flavell (l981) model of cognitive monitoring and metamnemonic development was tested by four experiments conducted to determine whether preschool children (1) recognize that mood, fatigue, and fear are variables that influence learning; and (2) self-monitor their internal states and adjust their study behavior when they are sad or tired. (NH)

Describes two experiments that looked at: (1) how accurately, in a multiple-trial learning situation, individuals are able to predict their own performance on a trial-by-trial basis over the entire course of acquisition; and (2) what information a person uses to predict his or her own acquisition performance. (SED)

Describes instructional devices to improve memory that were used in the mid-forties to teach German and that one instructor uses today. Gives examples for the teaching of word order, prepositions governing both the accusative and dative cases, and plural forms for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns. (SED)

Data from a developmental task administered to children in grades 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 were interpreted as evidence that memorization is not an isolated skill but, rather, one of many manifestations of an individual's characteristic age-related approach to problems. (Author/WY)

Some hints for making poetry lessons relevant, worthwhile, and interesting for students. (AN)