College students' memory for vocabulary in their majors: Evidence for a nonlinear relation between knowledge and memory

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 181-195

  DeMarie, Darlene ^a   Aloise Young, Patricia A ^b   Prideaux, Cheri L ^c   Muransky Doran, Jean ^d   Gerda, Julie Hart ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Crestwood Local School District   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MUSKINGUM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 6944250370     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087443     Document Type: Review

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