Study the relationship between learning time, recall time, and recall accuracy with better-controlled time measures¶

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Evidence · 5 claims (3 for, 2 mixed) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 5 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The article closes by calling for further study of the relation between time measures and recall outcomes. It notes that recall time is an especially indefinite measure because subjects differ in whether they write their total recall at once or pause struggling for words, sometimes "a struggle of a minute or more before giving up the task, with no additions." Future work should address these measurement problems.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Time measures must handle the indefiniteness of recall time, where some subjects pause a minute or more struggling for words before giving up

Constraints¶

• The task was perfect reproduction, so no fair coefficient of correlation between amount recalled and learning or recall time could be determined

Target Learners¶

• school girls
• college and university students

Target Learning Goals¶

• serial learning and recall of words and figures

Claims¶

• Earlier studies reported that quicker recall accompanied better memory results, but with little supporting evidence [+W]
• Learning time and recall time are negatively correlated (r = -.380) in individual serial learning of words and figures [+M]
• Perfect reproducers tended to show longer learning times and shorter recall times than imperfect reproducers [+M]
• Recall time shows practically no correlation with accuracy of recall in college students (coefficient -.09) [~M]
• Unmeasured factors such as reluctance to seem slow, over-certainty, and persistence in recalling complicate time-based memory measures [~W]

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Key Sources¶

• Myers, G. C. (1913). Some correlations between learning and recall. Communications and Discussions. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Some+correlations+between+learning+and+recall%22+Myers