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The effects of differeit levels of rehearsal quality on serial recall, over and above simple labeling, were studied in a sample of 104 kindergartners. Subjects were randomly assigned to four experimental conditions. In one condition the subject and expnrimenter rehearsed together; in a second condition only the experimenter rehearsed; in the third tie subject rehearsed alone. A ccatrol group received no assistance. All subjects (including the control group) received the same baseline and generalization instructions to remember pictures in tie correct order. Subjects wer= given a practice trial followed by nine experimental trials. rhe pictures to be recalled were labeled oi all trials for all sibjects. Serial recall wes facilitatnd only whea the experimenter rehearsed and the child remained silent. In addition, rehearsal by the subject tended to interfere with recall. It was suggested tentatively that requiring young children to overtly produce the labels of pictures may:else an interference in memory for order. (Author/MS) Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other soirces. ERIC makes every effort * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * r=mroducibility are often encountered and tt!is affects the quality * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makns available * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDES is not * responsible for the quality of the o:iginal document. Reproductions * * supplied by?DRS are the best that can be made from thn ori7jina1. I I vS OE PARTmENT OF viEALT or