The process of learning new information has been researched extensively by cognitive psychologists for years in an effort to discover the most effective methods. One of the key components of being able to learn new information is an individual’s ability to retain information. For this reason, a key focus in developing more effective learning strategy is memory, which is responsible for retaining and accessing information to recall previously learned concepts. The significance of memory has been stressed in learning strategies focused on teaching and improving early reading skills in young children. In teaching children to read during the early stages, the most effective strategies have required visual-verbal integration, which relies on repetition
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They believed that recalling information, like the retention of a word, are influenced by the level of analysis processed during the encoding phase. The researcher recruited 20 college students both male and female to participate in the experiment. As an incentive for their participating, each student received compensation for their time. The participants were notified that the study was designed to explore perception and speed of reaction. During the trials, each participants was individually tested. During the experiment, the research presented a word on the tachistoscope to the participants. One word was used in each trial, and selected from a pool of 48 common nouns. The participant was required to looked into the tachistoscope and place each hand on the yes or no response key. The purpose was for the participant to answer each question either yes or no about a word the researcher presented. The question selected were based on three different formats, which the researcher designed to prompt a certain encoding process for a word. Based on the researchers selected level of analysis during a trial, the question was expected to either process the word at a shallow level or relatively deep level. To encourage a shallow level of processing, the question was asked based on an analysis of the words physical structure. To produce a deeper …show more content…
The sample consisted of college students who received extra credit for their participation. The average age of the participants was XX.
Materials
The participants were presented with 15 line-drawn images under two different conditions. One condition used word repetition to pair with an image, while the second used semantically elaborate sentence to produce an association connection between the images and words. Following the experiment, the participants were given three assessments to determine their ability to recall the correct word associated with each image. The recall trial categories were free recall, cued recall, and recognition total. Free recall measured the total amount of words remembered by the participants. Next, the cued recall trial collected the data that measured the total number of correctly identified symbol names that were presented to the participants. Lastly, recognition total measured the number of words correctly identified. It also uses its collected data to examine words that were incorrectly identified. These incorrect selection are reported as either semantic errors, which are incorrect words that are similar to the correct word, or phonemic errors which are incorrect words that has as sound that resembles the correct
They believed that recalling information, like the retention of a word, are influenced by the level of analysis processed during the encoding phase. The researcher recruited 20 college students both male and female to participate in the experiment. As an incentive for their participating, each student received compensation for their time. The participants were notified that the study was designed to explore perception and speed of reaction. During the trials, each participants was individually tested. During the experiment, the research presented a word on the tachistoscope to the participants. One word was used in each trial, and selected from a pool of 48 common nouns. The participant was required to looked into the tachistoscope and place each hand on the yes or no response key. The purpose was for the participant to answer each question either yes or no about a word the researcher presented. The question selected were based on three different formats, which the researcher designed to prompt a certain encoding process for a word. Based on the researchers selected level of analysis during a trial, the question was expected to either process the word at a shallow level or relatively deep level. To encourage a shallow level of processing, the question was asked based on an analysis of the words physical structure. To produce a deeper …show more content…
The sample consisted of college students who received extra credit for their participation. The average age of the participants was XX.
Materials
The participants were presented with 15 line-drawn images under two different conditions. One condition used word repetition to pair with an image, while the second used semantically elaborate sentence to produce an association connection between the images and words. Following the experiment, the participants were given three assessments to determine their ability to recall the correct word associated with each image. The recall trial categories were free recall, cued recall, and recognition total. Free recall measured the total amount of words remembered by the participants. Next, the cued recall trial collected the data that measured the total number of correctly identified symbol names that were presented to the participants. Lastly, recognition total measured the number of words correctly identified. It also uses its collected data to examine words that were incorrectly identified. These incorrect selection are reported as either semantic errors, which are incorrect words that are similar to the correct word, or phonemic errors which are incorrect words that has as sound that resembles the correct