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The Effect of Explanatory and Non-Explanatory Illustrations on Text Comprehension
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Kuhen, Darlene M.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1219089960
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2008, Master of Arts, Marietta College, Psychology.
Abstract
This study investigated the extent to which illustrations affect reading comprehension, specifically in academic textbooks. Although prior research has examined the use of illustrations in text, the current project sought to expand upon this topic by comparing text passages with different types of illustrations, which were relevant to the text (i.e., explanatory and nonexplanatory). Based on evidence that illustrations facilitate comprehension only when theyelaborate on the text and might be distracting when they are not explanatory, it was predicted that the text/non-explanatory illustration condition would yield the lowest comprehension, the text/explanatory illustration condition would yield the highest, and the text-only condition would fall somewhere in the middle. The central hypothesis for this study was not supported. Results showed that the text-only condition showed the highest comprehension levels, suggesting that neither type of illustration benefited comprehension.
Committee
Jennifer McCabe, PhD (Advisor)
Alicia Doerflinger, PhD (Committee Chair)
Pages
51 p.
Subject Headings
Psychology
Keywords
Illustrations
;
comprehension
;
memory
;
textbook
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Kuhen, D. M. (2008).
The Effect of Explanatory and Non-Explanatory Illustrations on Text Comprehension
[Master's thesis, Marietta College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1219089960
APA Style (7th edition)
Kuhen, Darlene.
The Effect of Explanatory and Non-Explanatory Illustrations on Text Comprehension.
2008. Marietta College, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1219089960.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Kuhen, Darlene. "The Effect of Explanatory and Non-Explanatory Illustrations on Text Comprehension." Master's thesis, Marietta College, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1219089960
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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