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Download full textMoore, David M. – 1985
This study examined the effects and interaction of multiple and linear visual presentation modes and cognitive style on performance in a visual location task. Subjects were 132 undergraduate college students (40 males, 92 females) in professional education courses. The Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT, Wilkin et al., 1971) was used to identify…
Descriptors: College Students, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education, Intermode Differences
Bosma, Jennifer – 1984
The effect of computer-assisted instruction on spatial problem solving skills was examined in this study. Subjects were fifth grade students from nine classes, who were divided into three treatment groups in a nonrandom fashion: (1) computer-assisted group, which used computer software designed to help students improve spatial problem solving…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Taylor, William; And Others – 1985
The impact on learning performance of a notetaking strategy called the Directed Overt Activity Strategy (DOA) was evaluated on three types of instructional tasks: spatial learning, simple concept learning, and complex concept learning. One hundred volunteer freshman psychology students from Ohio State University used either the DOA or their own…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Freshmen, Concept Formation, Higher Education
Forsyth, Alfred S., Jr. – 1986
This study investigated place location learning from a simulated environmental exploration experience in terms of two variables: gender (both cognitive and affective effects) and presence and/or type of accompanying map. Subjects were 120 fourth and fifth grade students, who were randomly selected and assigned after stratification on gender. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Grade 4
Olson, Janet S. – 1985
The relative effectiveness of verbal and visual augmentation of rate-modified speech in the presentation of technical material was investigated. Subjects were 40 graduate students who used instructional materials consisting of normal and compressed audiotape versions of the Dwyer heart script, printed copies of the script, and black and white…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Audiotape Recordings, College Students, Illustrations
Lynch, Beth Eloise – 1986
This study was conducted to determine whether the filmic coding elements of split screen, slow motion, generated line cues, the zoom of a camera, and rotation could aid in the development of the Euclidean space concepts of horizontality and verticality, and to explore presence and development of spatial skills involving these two concepts in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
