Accession Number:

AD0656454

Title:

EFFECTS OF GRAMMATICAL FACTORS AND AMOUNT OF MATERIAL ON MEMORIZING PARAGRAPHS, SENTENCES, AND WORD LISTS.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV ALEXANDRIA VA HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH OFFICE

Personal Author(s):

• Follettie,Joseph F.
• Wesemann,Ann F.

Report Date:

1967-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

72.0

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

Descriptors:

• (*GRAMMARS
• *RECALL)
• MEMORY(PSYCHOLOGY)
• FACTOR ANALYSIS
• LEARNING
• LINGUISTICS

Subject Categories:

• Linguistics
• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE