Elaboration and knowledge acquisition
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Elaboration links new knowledge with existing knowledge, and the linkages should be precise rather than general.
“Elaboration is linking in new knowledge with what we already know.It is important, however, that the linkages are precise rather than general (Stein et al. 1984).”
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- Authors
- Stein, B. S., Littlefield, J., Bransford, J. D., & Persampieri, M.
- Affiliations
- Tennessee Technological University (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Florida State University (US)
- Venue
- Memory & Cognition
- Published
- 1984-09
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 522-529
- ISSN
- 0090-502X (ISSN-L)
- 1532-5946
- OpenAlex
- W2061274045
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2024: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Memory & Cognition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Strong
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Keywords
- elaboration, knowledge acquisition, cued recall, recognition memory, conceptual relations
- MeSH terms
- Cognition, Concept Formation, Humans, Memory, Retention, Psychology, Semantics
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