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ERIC Number: EJ305712
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Effects of Spacing Repetitions on Children's Memory.
Toppino, Thomas C.; DeMesquita, Marla
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v37 n3 p637-48 Jun 1984
Experiments assessed free recall performance as a function of lag across a broad range of elementary school students in grades one, three, and six and tested the hypothesis that repeating an item facilitated memory performance to the extent that each repetition was encoded differently, thus creating more ways to retrieve. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Encoding (Psychology), Grade 3, Grade 6, Memory, Performance Factors, Recall (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Developmental Patterns; Repetition Effects