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ERIC Number: EJ118375
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Serial Memory Span Thresholds of Normal and Mentally Retarded Children
Baumeister, Alfred A.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 66, 6, 889-94, Dec 74
Educable mental retardates and normal grade school students were presented seven classes of materials in both visual and auditory modalities for the determination of immediate memory span thresholds. Major conclusions included auditory presentation produces higher thresholds than visual, and retarded children may employ different processing strategies than normal. (BJG)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Children, Elementary Education, Learning Modalities, Memory, Mild Mental Retardation, Recall (Psychology), Retention (Psychology), Serial Learning, Visual Stimuli
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