EJ429022 PS518330
Title: The Effect of Spacing Repetitions on the Recognition Memory
of Young Children and Adults.Author(s): Toppino, Thomas C.; And Others
Source: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v51 n1 p123-38 Feb 1991
Publication Date: 1991
ISSN: 0022-0965
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV1991
Presented
preschoolers through college students with lists that included twice-presented
items separated by varying numbers of intervening items. Performance
on a subsequent recognition test improved as the spacing between
repetitions increased. There were no differences in performance
between age levels. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences; *College Students; Early Childhood
Education; *Elementary School Students; *Encoding (Psychology);
Individual Development; *Preschool Children; *Recognition (Psychology)
Identifiers: *Repetition Effects; *Spaced Repetitions
