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In two experiments, preschoolers exhibited a spacing effect in free recall of both pictures and words even though procedures were very similar to those used in previous experiments in which preschoolers had not manifested a spacing effect. With these findings, the weight of the available evidence in the literature strongly supports the conclusion that preschoolers generally exhibit a spacing effect in free recall.
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This research was supported by Grant HD21209 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. I thank Rae Force and Mary Harvey for assisting with the preparation of materials, data collection, and/or data analyses.
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Toppino, T.C. The spacing effect in preschool children’s free recall of pictures and words. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 31, 27–30 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334130
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