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ERIC Number: EJ477057
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-1035-0462
Does Supplementing Text by Illustrations Enhance Comprehension?
Kliese, Trevor; Over, Ray
Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, v33 n3 p180-86 Nov 1993
Twenty-four prevocational students and 24 apprentices in motor mechanical courses were tested after training involving text alone and text with diagrams. Knowledge was no greater in either situation, despite claims that illustrations enhance comprehension. (SK)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Diagrams, Foreign Countries, Mechanics (Process), Pictorial Stimuli, Prevocational Education, Reading Comprehension
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: TAFE (Australia)