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ERIC Number: EJ586946
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0973
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The Effect of Knowledge Maps That Incorporate Gestalt Principles on Learning.
Wallace, David S.; West, Sylvia Wandell Conner; Ware, Anne; Dansereau, Donald F.
Journal of Experimental Education, v67 n1 p5-16 Fall 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
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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