Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ571038
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Der Aufbau mentaler Modelle durch bildliche Darstellungen: Eine experimentalle Studie uber die Bedeutung der Merkmalsdimensionen Elaboriertheit und Strukturierheit im Sachunterricht der Grundschule (The Development of Mental Processes through Graphic Representation with Diverging Degrees of Elaboration and Structurization: An Experimental Study Carried Out in Elementary Science Instruction in Primary School).
Martschinke, Sabine
Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, v42 n2 p215-32 Mar-Apr 1996
Examines types of graphical representation as to their suitability for knowledge acquisition in primary grades. Uses the concept of mental models to clarify the relationship between external presentation and internal representation of knowledge. Finds that students who learned with highly elaborated and highly structured pictures displayed the best academic performance. (DSK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Models, Visual Aids, Visualization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: German
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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