Building Factual Knowledge about the U.S. Presidents via Pictorial Mnemonic Strategies.

Dretzke, Beverly J.; Levin, Joel R.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Building Factual Knowledge about the U.S. Presidents via Pictorial Mnemonic Strategies.

Dretzke, Beverly J.; Levin, Joel R.

Contemporary Educational Psychology, v15 n2 p152-69 Apr 1990

Tenth graders (N=126) learned the chronological order of and biographical information about several United States presidents by using either a mnemonic or an individually preferred method of study. Mnemonic methods appeared to be very effective, and no negative transfer effects were detected. (TJH)

Descriptors: Biographies, Grade 10, High School Students, High Schools, History Instruction, Learning Strategies, Mnemonics, Pictorial Stimuli, Presidents of the United States, Transfer of Training

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Language: English

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