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ERIC Number: EJ520995
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Development of the Ability to Distinguish between Comprehension and Memory: Evidence from Strategy-Selection Tasks.
Lovett, Suzanne B.; Pillow, Bradford H.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v87 n4 p523-36 Dec 1995
Four experiments involving 101 first and third graders investigated developmental changes in children's knowledge about the types of strategies that are appropriate for achieving goals of comprehension or memorization. Only third graders distinguished between comprehension and memory by consistently selecting the appropriate strategy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 3, Learning Strategies, Memory, Skill Development
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Strategy Choice
Note: Research supported in part by a National Academy of Education Spencer Fellowship and by National Institutes of Health grant 2507-RR07084-23. Version of a paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (Seattle, WA, April 1991).