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Estes, W. K. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a Public Health Service grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. (DD)
Descriptors: Graphs, Interference (Language), Letters (Alphabet), Memorization
Download full textSimcox, William A. – 1983
This investigation of cognitive effort begins with a review of cognitive principles relating to memory and graphic encoding of information. The cognitive framework described allows explanation of improved memory due to reparsing of graphic representations. It also provides the basis for optimizing graphical material design to insure best retention…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Graphs, Mathematics
Fisher, Mark A. – 1992
A model of graph comprehension is proposed including perceptual and memory processes. Multidimensional scaling (MDS), cluster analysis, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to determine how college students with different mathematical experience read different types of bar graphs. Data were collected at the University of Oklahoma (Norman)…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Classification, Cluster Analysis, College Students
