Efficiency of self-generated elaborations by EMR and nonretarded children.

摘要: Paired-associates learning tasks were given to 24 EMR and nonretarded children. Subjects in each group received instructions elaborate the noun pairs by embedding them a sentence, qualitative analysis of elaborations generated subjects was conducted comparing levels recall associated with different types elaboration. Elaborations that conjunctive nature, especially those which expressed thematic or functional relationships, most effective overall. children more inefficient than did