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ERIC Number: EJ616789
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1528-3518
The Role of Semantic Congruency in the Design of Graphic Organizers.
Kealy, William A.
Quarterly Review of Distance Education, v1 n3 p205-14 Fall 2000
Undergraduates read a passage describing social groupings of fish, their color, depth, size and diet. Subjects concurrently viewed a graphic organizer (GO) presenting this information in a matrix-like format. Half the GOs were semantically congruent with the text, organized according to social grouping; the others were spatially organized. Semantic congruity influenced GO efficacy only for delayed recall of material related to the main topic of the text. (Contains 17 references.) (AEF)
Descriptors: Graphic Organizers, Information Processing, Instructional Materials, Reading, Semantics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Semantic Organizers