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Peer reviewedWallace, David S.; West, Sylvia Wandell Conner; Ware, Anne; Dansereau, Donald F. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1998
Studied whether adding gestalt principles of similarity (using colors and shapes) and proximity would enhance recall of knowledge maps with 45 undergraduate students. Results suggest that the use of color, shape, and proximity facilitated learning by improving the organization of learning. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Learning, Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewedBlankenship, Jason; Dansereau, Donald F. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2000
Studied attentional effects of animation on the processing of information from node-link maps and text by randomly assigning 40 college students to static node-link map presentation, 40 to animated node-link presentation, 29 to static text presentation, and 27 to animated text presentation. Participants recalled more main-idea information from…
Descriptors: Animation, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education
