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Much of the developmental improvement in memory performance can be attributed to age-related changes in children’s effective use of appropriate memory strategies. A number of factors are presumed to influence these strategic applications (see Guttentag, 1985; Pressley, Borkowski, & Schneider, in press) including metamemory (see Schneider, 1985). The present chapter reports experiments which illustrate the relationship between developmental improvements in metamemory, strategic behavior and memory performance.
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Beuhring, T., Kee, D.W. (1987). Elaborative Propensities During Adolescence: The Relationships Among Memory Knowledge, Strategy Behavior, and Memory Performance. In: McDaniel, M.A., Pressley, M. (eds) Imagery and Related Mnemonic Processes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4676-3_12
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