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Direct linkMcNeal, Peggy; Ellis, Todd; Petcovic, Heather – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2018
A survey with nine meteorological charts, maps, and images from a 2015 significant weather event was administered to meteorologists (N = 93) to identify which spatial thinking skills they report using with each chart, map, and image. Results reveal high reported use of mental animation (74.6%), disembedding (72.4%), and perspective taking (71.6%)…
Descriptors: Meteorology, Spatial Ability, Charts, Maps
Johnson, Cheryl I.; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
A testing effect occurs when a learner performs better on a retention test after studying the material and taking a practice-retention test than after studying the material twice. In the present study, 282 participants watched a narrated animation about lightning formation and then watched the presentation again (restudy), took a…
Descriptors: Testing, Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction, Memory
