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Direct linkMautone, Patricia D.; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
This study sought to improve students' comprehension of scientific graphs by adapting scaffolding techniques used to aid text comprehension. In 3 experiments involving 121 female and 88 male college students, some students were shown cognitive aids prior to viewing 4 geography graphs whereas others were not; all students were then asked to write a…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Graphs, Control Groups, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
