TY - JOUR

T1 - Drawing as a Generative Activity and Drawing as a Prognostic Activity

AU - Schwamborn, Annett

AU - Mayer, Richard E.

AU - Thillmann, Hubertina

AU - Leopold, Claudia

AU - Leutner, Detlev

PY - 2010/11

Y1 - 2010/11

N2 - In this study, 9th-grade students (N = 196) with a mean age of 14.7 years read a scientific text explaining the chemical process of doing laundry with soap and water and then took 3 tests. Students who were instructed to generate drawings during learning scored higher than students who only read on subsequent tests of transfer (d = 0.91), retention (d = 0.87), and drawing (d = 2.00). For students who were instructed to generate drawings during learning, those who generated high-accuracy drawings (according to a median split) scored higher than students who generated low-accuracy drawings on subsequent tests of transfer (d = 0.99), retention (d = 0.79), and drawing ( d = 1.87); furthermore, drawing-accuracy scores during learning correlated with learning-outcome scores on transfer ( r = .57), retention ( r = .50), and drawing ( r = .82). Results suggest that drawing can serve as a generative activity and as a prognostic activity.

AB - In this study, 9th-grade students (N = 196) with a mean age of 14.7 years read a scientific text explaining the chemical process of doing laundry with soap and water and then took 3 tests. Students who were instructed to generate drawings during learning scored higher than students who only read on subsequent tests of transfer (d = 0.91), retention (d = 0.87), and drawing (d = 2.00). For students who were instructed to generate drawings during learning, those who generated high-accuracy drawings (according to a median split) scored higher than students who generated low-accuracy drawings on subsequent tests of transfer (d = 0.99), retention (d = 0.79), and drawing ( d = 1.87); furthermore, drawing-accuracy scores during learning correlated with learning-outcome scores on transfer ( r = .57), retention ( r = .50), and drawing ( r = .82). Results suggest that drawing can serve as a generative activity and as a prognostic activity.

KW - Drawing

KW - Multimedia learning

KW - Text comprehension

KW - Psychology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649702399&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1037/a0019640

DO - 10.1037/a0019640

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:78649702399

VL - 102

SP - 872

EP - 879

JO - Journal of Educational Psychology

JF - Journal of Educational Psychology

SN - 0022-0663

IS - 4

ER -