EFFECTS OF GRAMMATICAL FACTORS AND AMOUNT OF MATERIAL ON MEMORIZING PARAGRAPHS, SENTENCES, AND WORD LISTS.
Abstract
The effects of certain measurable characteristics of written material upon speed of memorization were studied. These characteristics were of four general classes: (a) load factors reflecting informational density of a selection, (b) length of the selection, in grammatical units of various kinds, (c) factors dealing with alternative, grammatically equivalent ways for presenting the same semantic material, and (d) word frequency factors. Of the four types of stimulus characteristics studied, length factors were found to have the clearest and most potent effects upon rote memorization. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0656454
Entities
People
- Ann F. Wesemann
- Joseph F. Follettie
Organizations
- George Washington University