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ERIC Number: EJ456644
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Keyword Mnemonic and Retention of Second-Language Vocabulary Words.
Wang, Alvin Y.; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v84 n4 p520-28 Dec 1992
Findings from 4 experiments with a total of 218 college students, in which the retention interval for second-language vocabulary words was treated as a between-subjects factor, indicate that long-term forgetting is greater for learners instructed to use the keyword mnemonic than for learners engaged in rote rehearsal. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Memorization, Mnemonics, Retention (Psychology), Rote Learning, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Keyword Mnemonic
Note: Portions of the paper were presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Assn. (96th, Atlanta, GA, August 12-16, 1988), the Southeastern Psychological Assn. (Atlanta, GA, April 1990), and the Psychonomic Society (San Francisco, CA, November 1991).