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Two experiments on the effects of mnemonic strategies: Is it mode or cognitive function that influences learning?

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This paper won the 1983 Young Researcher Award competition sponsored by the Research and Theory Division of AECT. The award is given for the best report of an experimental descriptive or historical study in educational technology.

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This paper was submitted while the author was a doctoral candidate in the Department of Educational Psychology and Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007.

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Ho, HK. Two experiments on the effects of mnemonic strategies: Is it mode or cognitive function that influences learning?. ECTJ 32, 89–100 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02766668

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