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ERIC Number: EJ478629
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-476X
Learning from Knowledge Maps: The Effects of Map Orientation.
O'Donnell, Angela M.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v19 n1 p33-44 Jan 1994
Effects of the orientation of knowledge maps on learning were studied with 28 undergraduate students who were randomly assigned to study maps presented vertically or horizontally. Performance of high and low vocabulary subjects was evaluated. Low vocabulary subjects who used linear maps performed more poorly than any other group. (SLD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Horizontal Organization, Undergraduate Students, Vertical Organization, Vocabulary Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Horizontality (Concept); Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Maps; Verticality (Concept)