Linking Teachers' Memory-Relevant Language and the Development of Children's Memory Skills

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1640-1654

  Coffman, Jennifer L ^a   Ornstein, Peter A ^a   McCall, Laura E ^a   Curran, Patrick J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom context; memory development; strategies; teachers' memory relevant language

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECALL; TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEACHING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 56349149426     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013859     Document Type: Article

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