Research Article
The Role of Enactment in Learning American Sign Language in Younger and Older Adults
Table 1
Group means for both older and younger participants, for recall comparisons.
| | | Young | Older | | | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| | Enactment | | | | | | Recall | 31.11 | 1.83 | 10.88 | 10.37 | | Random | 22.11 | 10.04 | 11.50 | 10.85 | | Retention 1 wk. | — | — | 8.75 | 6.88 | | Retention 3 wks. | — | — | 8.50 | 5.66 | | Retention 6 wks. | 12.44 | 5.90 | — | — | | Rate of forgetting | 59.00 | 20.62 | 2.38 | 5.58 |
| | Recognition | | | | | | Recall | 30.55 | 3.21 | 15.57 | 6.24 | | Random | 19.09 | 14.65 | 13.43 | 7.14 | | Retention 1 wk. | — | — | 8.57 | 5.47 | | Retention 3 wks. | — | — | 6.71 | 3.90 | | Retention 6 wks. | 8.09 | 4.30 | — | — | | Rate of forgetting | 73.48 | 13.42 | 8.86 | 7.58 |
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