Elaborative Maps for Enhanced Learning of Historical Information: Uniting Spatial, Verbal, and Imaginal Information.

Brigham, Frederick J.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ499314

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Elaborative Maps for Enhanced Learning of Historical Information: Uniting Spatial, Verbal, and Imaginal Information.

Brigham, Frederick J.; And Others

Journal of Special Education, v28 n4 p440-60 Win 1995

Three formats of maplike displays containing historical event and location information were presented to 72 middle school students with learning disabilities (LD). Although recall of locations was significantly greater than recall of event information in all conditions, both mnemonic and elaborative encoding improved recall. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Locational Skills (Social Studies), Maps, Memory, Middle Schools, Mnemonics, Recall (Psychology), United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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