ERIC Number: EJ906635
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Nov
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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Drawing as a Generative Activity and Drawing as a Prognostic Activity
Schwamborn, Annett; Mayer, Richard E.; Thillmann, Hubertina; Leopold, Claudia; Leutner, Detlev
Journal of Educational Psychology, v102 n4 p872-879 Nov 2010
In this study, 9th-grade students (N = 196) with a mean age of 14.7 years read a scientific text explaining the chemical process of doing laundry with soap and water and then took 3 tests. Students who were instructed to generate drawings during learning scored higher than students who only read on subsequent tests of transfer (d = 0.91), retention (d = 0.87), and drawing (d = 2.00). For students who were instructed to generate drawings during learning, those who generated high-accuracy drawings (according to a median split) scored higher than students who generated low-accuracy drawings on subsequent tests of transfer (d = 0.99), retention (d = 0.79), and drawing (d = 1.87); furthermore, drawing-accuracy scores during learning correlated with learning-outcome scores on transfer (r = 0.57), retention (r = 0.50), and drawing (r = 0.82). Results suggest that drawing can serve as a generative activity and as a prognostic activity. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Grade 9, Adolescents, Reading Comprehension, Learning Processes, Evaluation Methods, Tests, Art Activities, Class Activities, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Outcomes of Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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