Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ525274
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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Teaching Strategies to Create Visual Representations of Key Ideas in Content Area Text Materials: A Long-Term Intervention Inserted in School Curriculum.
Vidal-Abarca, Eduardo; Gilabert, Ramiro
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v10 n4 p433-47 Dec 1995
Describes a long-term project where middle school students were taught to visually represent key text ideas through idea-mapping techniques. Instruction was inserted in the content area curriculum along with regular textbooks and supplementary material. Positive effects were found in recall, comprehension, and learning. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Flow Charts, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Grade 8, Instructional Materials, Learning Modalities, Learning Strategies, Material Development, Middle Schools, Reading Comprehension, Reinforcement, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Schemata (Cognition), Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Text Structure, Textbooks, Visual Aids
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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