Field independence and imagery-assisted prose recall of children

Studied 78 kindergartners and 65 3rd graders to investigate the hypotheses that (a) 3rd graders who scored above that grade's median in field independence would recall more when they were given imagery directions than 3rd graders low in field independence and controls, and (b) there is a strong positive correlation between recall of a story and field independence for 3rd graders given imagery directions than for 3rd graders given control directions or for kindergartners given either kind of directions. The relationship between imagery-assisted prose recall and field independence was significantly stronger than the relationship between control recall and field independence for 3rd graders, but not for kindergartners. (11 ref)