Sequencing generated drawing before viewing a provided visual improves transfer, suggesting provided visuals work best as feedback¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? College students performed best on a transfer test when they created drawings of a circulatory-system text before, rather than after, viewing an instructor-provided visual (Zhang & Fiorella, 2019, as reported). → Fiorella 2023

Evidence¶

Fiorella 2023¶

Fiorella, L. (2023). Making Sense of Generative Learning. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09769-7

q2 · i? · review · r3

Narrative review attributing this to Zhang and Fiorella (2019): college students learning from a circulatory-system text drew either before or after seeing a provided visual. The review suggests learners benefit most from viewing a provided visual as feedback rather than prior to creating their own. No effect size printed.

"Zhang and Fiorella (2019) found college students learned performed best on a transfer test when they created drawings of a text on the human circulatory system before (rather than after) viewing an instructor-provided visual."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Visualizing support—provided diagrams or learner-generated drawings—facilitates higher-quality explanations and better comprehension than explaining text alone — related
• Learner-constructed graphic organizers are not shown to outperform provided ones: the one direct test, with college readers, favoured provided organizers on transfer — related