Retrieval practice, with or without mind mapping, boosts fact learning in primary school children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Ritchie, Stuart J ^a   Della Sala, Sergio ^a   McIntosh, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FACT LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MEMORY; MIND MAPPING; RETRIEVAL PRACTICE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDY SKILLS;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84893401236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078976     Document Type: Article

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