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ERIC Number: EJ174732
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Imagery and Children's Learning: Putting the Picture in Developmental Perspective
Pressley, Michael
Review of Educational Research, 47, 4, 585-622, F 77
The effects of imagery on children's learning of verbal materials is reviewed. Paired associate learning is emphasized, with some discussion of recall, recognition, visual discrimination and prose learning. Visual versus verbal images, elaborated versus unelaborated stimuli, induced images, and physical manipulation of learning materials are described for various age groups. (GDC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Imagery, Literature Reviews, Paired Associate Learning, Preschool Education, Verbal Learning, Verbal Stimuli, Visual Stimuli
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