Classic research by Flavell and his colleagues showed that most older children use rehearsal as a mnemonic strategy. Kamisha, as expected by Flavell's research, uses rehearsal to memorize verses for Sunday school each week. One day at school, her teacher asks her to memorize a short speech for a school assembly. Kamisha does not know how to begin memorizing this short speech. It doesn't occur to her to use rehearsal. This is an example of

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Production deficiency occurs when children fail to produce a mnemonic strategy on their own, even though they can benefit from it when it is demonstrated or suggested to them. In this case, Kamisha does not apply the rehearsal strategy she uses for memorizing verses to memorizing a speech, indicating she hasn't produced the strategy on her own for this new type of task.

Classic Research by Flavell and His Colleagues Showed That Most