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Title:

Memory enhancements from active control of learning emerge across development

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Ruggeri, Azzurra; Markant, Douglas B.; Gureckis, Todd M.; Bretzke, Maria; Xu, Fei
Abstract:
This paper investigates whether active control of study leads to enhanced learning in 5- to 11-year-old children. In Experiments 1 and 2, participants played a simple memory game with the instruction to try to remember and later recognize a set of 64 objects. In Experiment 3, the goal was to learn the French names for the same objects. For half of the materials presented, participants could decide the order and pacing of study (Active condition). For the other half, they passively observed the s...     »
Keywords:
Active learning,Cognitive development,Exploration,Recognition memory
Journal title:
Cognition
Year:
2019
Journal volume:
186
Journal issue:
January
Pages contribution:
82--94
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2019.01.010
WWW:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.01.010
Publisher:
Elsevier
Print-ISSN:
18737838
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