Children's spontaneous rehearsal: Transitions in strategy acquisition

Memory development in Libyan and Dutch school children

“…There was an increase in rehearsal set size with development (from 1.7 to 2.6 items). Guttentag, Ornstein, and Siemens (1987) observed a comparable increase in rehearsal set size of children between 8.5 and 9.5 years of age.…”

Memory Development Between 2 and 20

“…Children who had larger rehearsal sets at the initial measurement also had larger sets at test point 2. Guttentag, Ornstein, and Siemens (1987) observed comparable longitudinal stability between 8lh and 9lh years of age.…”

“…lt was clear in this study that cumulative rehearsal was easier for second graders given the visual cues; with the visual cues, they cumulatively rehearsed almost five items per set in response to the cumulative rehearsal instruction compared to about three items per set given the cumulative rehearsal instruction without pictorial support. Guttentag et al (1987) used a similar manipulation and produced complementary data with children in grades 3, 4, and 6.…”

A primer of research on cognitive strategy instruction: The important issues and how to address them

“…Others follow from observations in the mainstream information-processing literature. For instance, Guttentag (1984;Guttentag et al, 1987) believes children higher in short-term capacity are more likely to maintain capacity-demanding strategies than are children who have less short-term memory. High-capacity-demanding strategies can presumably be executed with less effort by children with relatively greater capacity.…”