Post-test recall was better on type-focused than category-focused questions regardless of diagram condition¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Type of header content significantly affected scores on type-focused questions but not category-focused questions; arrow orientation had no significant effect on either. → Jan van der Meij 2017

Evidence¶

Jan van der Meij 2017¶

Jan van der Meij, Marije van Amelsvoort, Anjo Anjewierden. (2017). How design guides learning from matrix diagrams. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-017-9425-1

q3 · i? · causal · r2

MANOVA and univariate tests on post-test scores (mean 8.59 of 16, SD 2.71) for 81 participants across four conditions. Only header content affected type-question scores; arrow orientation showed no significant effect on either question type.

"Univariate results for type of header content showed a significant effect on questions that focus on types, but not on questions that focus on categories, F(1,77) = 5.549, p = 0.021 and F(1,77) = 0.972, p = 0.327."

Discussion¶

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