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Direct linkScott, Brianna M.; Schwartz, Neil H. – Learning and Instruction, 2007
One hundred and six undergraduates searched a hypermedia environment under three navigational conditions, wrote an essay measuring their comprehension, and completed a test of metacognition. The map conditions were spatial/semantic, spatial only, and none. Analyses revealed that a navigational map capable of incurring an integrative cognitive…
Descriptors: Semantics, Hypermedia, Metacognition, Undergraduate Students
Dockrell, Julie E.; Braisby, Nick; Best, Rachel M. – Learning and Instruction, 2007
The ability of school children (N = 233) to acquire new scientific vocabulary was examined. Children from two age groups (M = 4.8 and M = 6.5) were introduced to previously unknown words in an educational video. Word knowledge was assessed through accuracy and latency for production and comprehension over a 9-month period. A draw and write task…
Descriptors: Semantics, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Word Recognition
Peer reviewedSaljo, Roger, Ed. – Learning and Instruction, 1999
The seven articles of this theme issue deal with the use of computer-based interactive graphical representations. Studying their use will bring answers to users of static graphics in traditional paper-based media and those who plan instruction using graphical representations that allow semantically direct manipulation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Interaction, Online Systems
Peer reviewedSaljo, Roger – Learning and Instruction, 1991
Some preliminary observations relating to problems of the semiotic mediation of reality through linguistic tools are presented and discussed in light of the experiences of 12- to 13-year-old Swedish students interpreting a table of postage rates. Learning to use such a tool is a genuinely social phenomenon. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Language Skills, Learning Processes
