The Role of Visual, Acoustic, and Semantic Attributes in Children's Encoding

To assess the importance of visual attributes relative to acoustic and semantic attributes in children's encoding, a 64-item recognition test was administered to first- and sixth-grade children. Recognition items were linedrawings of simple objects accompanied by aural labels. By manipulating t...

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Main Authors Means, Barbara M, Rohwer, William D., Jr
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published 1976
Subjects
Associative Learning
Aural Learning
Cognitive Development
Cognitive Processes
Concept Formation
Educational Research
Elementary Education
Encoding
Learning Modalities
Learning Processes
Memory
Stimuli
Symbolic Learning
Verbal Communication
Visual Learning
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Summary:To assess the importance of visual attributes relative to acoustic and semantic attributes in children's encoding, a 64-item recognition test was administered to first- and sixth-grade children. Recognition items were linedrawings of simple objects accompanied by aural labels. By manipulating the picture, label, and referent in various combinations, distractor items were formed to gauge the relative dominance of the visual, acoustic, and semantic attributes. False recognition data suggest the importance of the acoustic attributes for younger subjects but not older ones, the visual attribute for both ages, and the semantic attribute for older subjects and first-grade girls. (Author)