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ERIC Number: EJ142069
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Mental Imagery Helps Eight-Year-Olds Remember What They Read
Pressley, G. Michael
Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 3, 355-9, Jun 76
Investigates whether 8-year-olds can be taught a mental imagery strategy to improve their memory of prose they read. Results of the study showed that the children taught the strategy answered more questions than the group who did not receive those instructions. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Grade 3, Imagery, Memory, Prose, Reading Tests
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