EFFECTS OF RETRIEVAL CUE ON FREE RECALL OF CHILDREN

One hundred and ninety-two children of 5, 8 and 10-year-old learned how to identify 24 pictures classified according to 4 categories, each category consisting of 6 pictures. On the first and second trials, half of the subjects were assigned a constrained recall task where categories were stimuli. And a free recall task was assigned to the other half. On the third trial, all the subjects were given a free recall task. The results showed that the constrained recall procedure formerly assigned facilitated the recall of words with children of all age groups. This facilitative effects were also found with groups of 8 and 10-year-old children in the free recall task subsequently assigned, but not with 5-year-old children.