A language arts teacher teaches her students the parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.) and wants her students to continue to remember them as they study English and foreign languages in the years to come. Considering the factors affecting retrieval of information from long-term memory, which one of the following strategies should maximize the likelihood that students will remember the different parts of speech over the long run?a. Have students study each part of speech separately, perhaps a different one each month.b. Have students memorize definitions of each part of speech until they can recite the definitions word for word.c. Have students study them early in the school year and periodically review them in various contexts throughout the year.d. Have students study them intensely for a month, then stay away from any discussion of them for the rest of the school year.
