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ERIC Number: EJ473774
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Pictures Facilitate Children's Recall of Unillustrated Expository Prose.
Small, Melinda Y.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v85 n3 p520-28 Sep 1993
Four experiments examined the effect of pictures on the recall of expository prose by 171 first graders and 97 third graders. Results consistently demonstrate that representational pictures can facilitate recall of illustrated and unillustrated prose information by children as young as those in the first grade. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Expository Writing, Grade 1, Grade 3, Illustrations, Pictorial Stimuli, Primary Education, Recall (Psychology)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Pictures; Prose Learning
Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Assn. (April 1981).