Expanding retrieval practice: An effective aid to preschool children's learning

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 991-1004

  Fritz, Catherine O ^a,d   Morris, Peter E ^b   Nolan, Debra ^b   Singleton, Jillian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 34547336839     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600823595     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Bjork, R. A. (1988). Retrieval practice and the maintenance of knowledge. In M. M. Gruneberg, P. E. Morris, & R. N. Sykes (Eds.), Practical aspects of memory II (pp. 396-401). London: Wiley.
2. Bjork, R. A., & Bjork, E. L. (1992). A new theory of disuse and an old theory of stimulus fluctuation. In A. Healy, S. Kosslyn, & R. Shiffrin (Eds.), From learning processes to cognitive processes: Essays in honor of William K. Estes (Vol. 2, pp. 35-67). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
3. Brainerd, C. J., & Reyna, V. F. (1995). Learning rate, learning opportunities, and the development of forgetting. Developmental Psychology, 31, 251-262.
4. Camp, C. J., Foss, J. W., O'Hanlon, A. M., & Stevens, A. B. (1996). Memory interventions for persons with dementia. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 10,193-210.
5. Carrier, M., & Pashler, H. (1992). The influence of retrieval on retention. Memory 67 Cognition, 20, 633-642.
6. Chi, M. T. H., & Koeske, R. D. (1983). Network representation of a child's dinosaur knowledge. Developmental Psychology, 19, 29-39.
7. Cull, W. L. (2000). Untangling the benefits of multiple study opportunities and repeated testing for cued recall. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 14, 215-235.
8. Cull, W. L., Shaughnessy, J. J., & Zechmeister, E. B. (1996). Expanding understanding of the expanding-pattern-of-retrieval mnemonic: Toward confidence in applicability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2, 365-378.
9. Dempster, F. N. (1996). Distributing and managing the conditions of encoding and practice. In E. C. Carterette & M. P. Friedman (Series Eds.) & E. L. Bjork & R. A. Bjork (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of perception and cognition: Memory (2nd ed., pp. 318-344). San Diego: Academic Press.
10. Flavell, J. H., Friedrichs, A. G., & Hoyt, J. D. (1970). Developmental changes in memorization processes. Cognitive Psychology, 1, 324-340.
11. Fritz, C. O., Morris, P. E., Acton, M., Voelkel, A. R., & Etkind, R. (in press). Comparing and combining expanding retrieval practice and the keyword mnemonic for foreign vocabulary learning. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
12. Keppel, G., & Wickens, T. D. (2004). Design and analysis: A researcher's handbook. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
13. Landauer, T. K., & Bjork, R. A. (1978). Optimum rehearsal patterns and name learning. In M. M. Gruneberg, P. E. Morris, & R. N. Sykes (Eds.), Practical aspects of memory (pp. 625-632). London: Academic Press.
14. Lee, M. M., & Camp, C. J. (2001). Spaced retrieval: A memory intervention for HIV + older adults. Clinical Gerontologist, 22, 131-135.
15. Morris, P. E., & Fritz, C. O. (2000). The name game: Using retrieval practice to improve the learning of names. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 6, 124-129.
16. Morris, P. E., & Fritz, C. O. (2002). The improved name game: Better use of expanding retrieval practice. Memory, 10, 259-266.
17. Morris, P. E., Fritz, C. O., & Buck, S. (2004). The name game: Acceptability, bonus information and group size. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 89-104.
18. Morris, P. E., Fritz, C. O., Jackson, L., Nichol, E., & Roberts, E. (2005). Expanding retrieval practice, meaning and imagery. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19, 779-798.
19. O'Sullivan, J. T., Howe, M. L., & Marche, T. A. (1996). Children's beliefs about long-term retention. Child Development, 67, 2989-3009.
20. Perlmutter, M., & Myers, N. A. (1979). Development of recall in 2- to 4-year-old children. Developmental Psychology, 15, 73-83.
21. Pressley, M. (1979). Increasing children's self-control through the cognitive interventions. Review of Educational Research, 49, 319-370.
22. Rea, C. P., & Modigliani, V. (1985). The effect of expanded versus massed practice on the retention of multiplication facts and spelling lists. Human Learning, 4, 11-18.
23. Wheeler, M. A., Ewers, M., & Buonanno, J. F. (2003). Different rates of forgetting following study versus test trials. Memory, 11, 571-580.