Children's Memory Schema in an Environmental Learning Task.

Blades, Mark; Banham, Jessica

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ERIC Number: EJ419107

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Children's Memory Schema in an Environmental Learning Task.

Blades, Mark; Banham, Jessica

Environmental Education and Information, v9 n3 p119-30 Jul-Sep 1990

Described is an investigation that determined whether young children have schemas for environmental information. The results are discussed with reference to the importance of memory schemas for learning about the environment. (KR)

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Elementary School Science, Environmental Education, Learning Processes, Memory, Recall (Psychology), Retention (Psychology), Schemata (Cognition), Science Education, Visualization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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