Developmental and individual differences in young children’s use and maintenance of a selective memory strategy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9789465 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christina Schwenck (0000-0002-1668-246X, University of Würzburg, corresponding author), David F Bjorklund (0000-0001-7599-6939, Florida Atlantic University), Wolfgang Schneider (0000-0002-1231-0597, University of Würzburg) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1034-1050 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0015597 |
| PMID | 19586178 |
| OpenAlex | W1963765946 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
Children who were 4 to 8 years of age were asked to perform a sort-recall task where only half of the items had to be studied and remembered. Following a baseline trial, children were assigned to 1 of 3 groups and were prompted to use either a sorting or a clustering strategy (experimental groups) or were not prompted at all (control group). Children were seen 2 weeks later and given a new set of items for the transfer-of-training sort-recall phases. Levels of recall and strategy use (sorting, clustering, multiple strategy use) were higher for older children, typical items, sorting prompts, and trials with repeated presentations of test materials. Older children used more strategies than younger children, although even 4-year-olds used more than one strategy when performing the memory tasks. Results of multivariate cluster analyses revealed systematic individual differences, separating low performers from production-deficient children and high performers. Overall, findings show that clustering appears to be an early developing, but less effective strategy, with multiple-strategy use and especially sorting being used more frequently and effectively by older children
Cluster analysis · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Free recall · Psychiatry · Recall · Recall test · Set (abstract data type · sort · Sorting · Task (project management · Artificial Intelligence · Child and Animal Learning Development · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Computer Science · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology
Students’ metacognitive knowledge of learning-strategy effectiveness and their recall of teachers’ strategy instructions
Young children's transfer of strategies
Effectiveness of Categorical Clustering as an Encoding Versus a Retrieval Strategy Among Preschoolers
Establishing and explaining the testing effect in free recall for young children
Understanding Child Participation With 3–5 Year-Olds Across Professional Boundaries
Distinguishing facts from beliefs
Instructing Children to Use Memory Strategies
Memory Strategy Development
How age changes in knowledge base contribute to the development of children's memory
Monte Carlo Tests of the Accuracy of Cluster Analysis Algorithms
The Occurrence of Clustering in the Recall of Randomly Arranged Associates
Age differences in, and consequences of, multiple- and variable-strategy use on a multitrial sort-recall task
The influence of encoding and strategic knowledge on children's choices among serial recall strategies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |