Enhancing the learning of new words using an errorless learning procedure: Evidence from typical adults

Memory

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 582-594

  Warmington, Meesha ^a   Hitch, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Errorful learning; Errorless learning; Retrieval; Typical adults; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PROCEDURES; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEACHING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEACHING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84898058792     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2013.807841     Document Type: Article

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