The Effects of Overlearning on Preschool Children's Retention of Sight Vocabulary Words.

Kratochwill, Thomas

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Publication Date: 1977

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The Effects of Overlearning on Preschool Children's Retention of Sight Vocabulary Words

Kratochwill, Thomas

Reading Improvement, 14, 4, 223-8, Win 77

Shows that subjects receiving the most "overlearning" (repetitive instruction) remembered the most words, suggesting a linear relationship between overlearning and retention. (RL)

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Recall (Psychology), Redundancy, Retention (Psychology), Sight Vocabulary, Word Recognition, Word Study Skills

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