I have tried psychinfo and google for two things with no luck:

I am looking for evidence to support the advice we often give to students to 
use (a) acrostics, (b) acronyms as study aids. I can find very many websites 
that offer this advice and how to do it, but none that back up the advice with 
an evidence that this really works. I had hoped to find something in the rehab 
literature but couldn't pin anything down on psychinfo.

Next I have been looking for data to back up the often given advice of 
overlearning. I have found only one reference that found only a very short term 
benefit for overlearning, but no long term benefit. Again, do any of you have 
any real evidence for this advice?

As much as possible I think students need to know why we tell them to do these 
things.

I appreciate any help in this regard.

Annette


Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
619-260-4006
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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