[Training children in event recall: benefits of a brief narrative elaboration training].
The present study evaluates a training designed to enhance children's free reports about an observed event. A total of 64 children aged 6 and 9 years was included. All participants watched a short video and were individually questioned about it one week later. Half of the children were trained previous to the interview to use picture cards as retrieval cues. There were 4 picture cards to help remembering setting, persons, actions and dialogues and emotions of the persons. Results revealed a clear age effect and a significant increase in the amount of correctly remembered information in the training group, while the amount of incorrectly remembered information was equal in both groups. Therefore, the easy-to-use training has been shown to improve children's event reports. Results are discussed with regard to earlier training studies.
Roebers
Claudia M
CM
Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV, Universität Würzburg. roebers@psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de
Beuscher
Eva
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D000367:Age Factors; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D012073:Remedial Teaching; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014743:Videotape Recording; D014796:Visual Perception