Differential development of learning strategies on a pictorial verbal learning test (PVLT) in primary-school children

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-261

  Meijs, C J C ^d   Hurks, P P M ^a   Kalff, A C ^b   Slaats Willemse, D I E ^c   Rozendaal, N ^a   Jolles, J ^a  

^a Faculty of Health   (Netherlands)

^b De Bascule   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Clustering; Development; Pictorial Verbal Learning; Strategy

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PICTORIAL VERBAL LEARNING TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERIAL CLUSTERING; SUBJECTIVE CLUSTERING; TRAINING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 67649729553     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040802403708     Document Type: Article

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