title: Capacity, strategies, and metamemory: tests of a three-factor model of memory development.
abstract: Multiple measures of three of the factors (capacity, strategies, and metamemory) hypothesized to cause improvements in memory with age were obtained from 179 children in kindergarten to second grade (younger: ages 5-8) or third and fourth grade (older: ages 8-11) during nine sessions of testing. Confirmatory factor analysis was computed separately for each age group. Results suggested that the fit of the three-factor model was statistically significantly better than a one-factor, general memory model for both age groups. However, the fit indices were borderline, and there was not sufficient evidence for a metamemory factor for younger children. The factors that influence memory performance may differ with age.
authors.affiliation: University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue--EDU 162, Tampa, FL 33620-5650, USA. demarie@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
authors.forename: Darlene
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: DeMarie
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferron
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008960:Models, Psychological