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ERIC Number: EJ398500
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Learning Botany Concepts Mnemonically: Seeing the Forest "and" the Trees.
Rosenheck, Martin B.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v81 n2 p196-203 Jun 1989
Sixty-one undergraduate students used a taxonomic instructional aid, a mnemonic aid, or their own methods to master the content of a passage describing a plant classification system and the distinguishing characteristics of the plant groups within that system. The demonstrated advantages of mnemonic strategies are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Botany, Comparative Analysis, Cues, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Mnemonics, Scientific Concepts, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Content Learning; Text Processing (Reading)