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ERIC Number: EJ530091
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
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Learning from Cartograms: The Effects of Region Familiarity.
Rittschof, Kent A.; And Others
Journal of Geography, v95 n2 p50-58 Mar-Apr 1996
Maintains that region familiarity is an important prerequisite in the instructional use of cartograms. Cartograms are value-by-area maps that increase or decrease areas in order to illustrate various data (e.g. book reading in the western United States). Discusses necessary cognitive processes for the visualization of data. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cartography, Cognitive Structures, Cues, Encoding (Psychology), Geographic Location, Geography, Geography Instruction, Knowledge Representation, Learning Processes, Locational Skills (Social Studies), Map Skills, Maps, Memory, Undergraduate Study, Visual Aids, Visualization
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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