“We have learnt to accept the fact that kids will remain hooked on the mobile phone, of which SMS-ing is an integral part. We are devising ways to help them strike a balance between the formal language that they are expected to write in their answer scripts and the SMS language,” sa...
(p. 169). Whereas Elaborative Processing activates performance, Meaningful Elaboration generates creative additions to the information provided. Activities, such as brainstorming for a synonym of a given word, or, as in our study, creating a sign based on information heard, benefit memory, and ...