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ERIC Number: EJ590399
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
Levels of Processing Effects on Learning from Texts with Maps.
Scevak, Jill J.; Moore, Phillip J.
Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v18 n2 p133-55 Jun 1998
Reports on two studies in which high school students were forced to process a text containing a geographical map. Shows that, in both studies, the effectiveness of directed, forced processing of texts and maps depends upon the level of processing encouraged and the ability of the students concerned. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Geography, High Schools, Learning, Map Skills, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia