Semantic integration: Effects of imagery,enaction, and sentence repetition training on prereaders' recall for pictograph sentences |
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Authors: | George W. Ledger Ellen Bouchard Ryan |
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Affiliation: | Hollins College USA;McMaster University Canada |
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Abstract: | This study examines the effectiveness of an integrative imagery strategy in contrast to more concrete enaction and repetition strategies for improving kindergarten children's recall of pictograph sentences. The training groups were taught in two brief sessions to read the pictograph sequences as sentences and then to imagine the sentence's action (sentence imagery), act out the sentence using toys (sentence enaction), or repeat each sentence twice (sentence repetition). After training, the enaction group significantly outperformed the imagery and sentence repetition groups, which outperformed a repetition control group. Two weeks later, the imagery and enaction groups no longer differed significantly in recall and both groups significantly outperformed the repetition control group. The imagery group alone significantly outperformed the repetition control group on a no-toys generalization test. Implications of the results concerning strategy training of young children, the effectiveness of imagery strategies, and experimental design are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Reprint requests should be sent to George Ledger Department of Psychology Hollins College Hollins College VA 24020. |
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