ERIC Number: EJ1244303
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
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Study Activities That Foster Generative Learning: Notetaking, Graphic Organizer, and Questioning
Ponce, Héctor R.; Mayer, Richard E.; Loyola, M. Soledad; López, Mario J.
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v58 n2 p275-296 Apr 2020
Fourth graders were asked to read a text and either to fill in a compare-and-contrast graphic organizer, answer a set of structured questions, take notes, or simply read the text. Both the graphic organizer and questioning groups outperformed the read-only group on a comprehension test (d = 1.24 and 1.22, respectively) and a memory test (d = 0.54 and 0.53, respectively). No significant differences were found between the notetaking and read-only groups on the comprehension test (d = 0.30) or the memory test (d = 0.20). Results showed more integrative eye movements between paragraphs for the graphic organizer (d = 1.53) and the questioning groups (d = 1.90) than the read-only group, but not for the notetaking group (d = -0.06). On all three measures, the graphic organizer group and the questioning group exhibited a generative learning strategy, whereas the notetaking and read-only groups exhibited a linear learning strategy.
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Notetaking, Instructional Materials, Questioning Techniques, Eye Movements, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile (Santiago)
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