Effectiveness of learner-generated drawings in biology comprehension
- Author
- Lyu, Youngsun
- Published
- [University Park, Pennsylvania] : Pennsylvania State University, 2017.
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- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators
- VanMeter, Peggy
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- Summary
- Learner-generated drawing is an effective strategy that can be taught to support learning in Science (Ainsworth, Prain & Tytler, 2011; Van Meter & Garner, 2005). This study examined the effectiveness of drawing strategies for undergraduate students reading a tutorial about the processes of muscle contraction and relaxation. Undergraduates (n=341) were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions: control (read only), listing only, drawing only, or listing-drawing. Control participants only read the tutorial without any specific instruction. Listing only participants made a set of lists after reading the tutorial, whereas drawing only participants generated drawings after reading. Listing-drawing participants made a set of lists before drawing construction. Dependent measures included 24 multiple-choice items (11 verbal, 13 visual). A 4 group mixed model with verbal and visual posttest items as the repeated measure revealed a significant interaction between condition and posttest item type. Significant correlations were found between the number of key structures and processes included in participants drawings and the two posttest scores, verbal and visual.
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- Dissertation Note
- M.S. Pennsylvania State University, 2017.
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- The full text of the dissertation is available as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file ; Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view the file.
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