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ERIC Number: EJ620352
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Distinctiveness Effects in Children's Long-Term Retention.
Howe, Mark L.; Courage, Mary L.; Vernescu, Roxana; Hunt, Melvine
Developmental Psychology, v36 n6 p778-92 Nov 2000
Three experiments examined kindergartners' and second graders' retention in the context of two distinctiveness manipulations, the von Restorff and bizarre imagery paradigms. Results showed that: older children retained more information from lists of pictures or interactive images over 3 weeks than younger; younger children failed to benefit from numerically distinct information; and distinctiveness in other domains facilitated children's retention. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Learning Strategies, Long Term Memory, Memory, Performance Factors, Primary Education, Recall (Psychology), Visual Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Distinctiveness Effect; Von Restorff Isolation Effect