TY - GEN
T1 - Comparing and contrasting within diagrams
T2 - 10th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2018
AU - Cromley, Jennifer G.
AU - Mara, Kyle
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The study strategy of comparing-and-contrasting has been well validated for learning from text, but not from diagrams. As part of a semester-long study strategies intervention for undergraduate biology students, we created 4 short instructional videos demonstrating the strategy of comparing-and-contrasting within diagrams (CC DIA) and delivered these just before the first course exam. We hypothesized that this strategy would help students develop a deeper comprehension of the instructed biology content. Participants were 128 undergraduates in a 2nd semester introductory (molecular and cellular) biology course, who participated in exchange for extra course credit. Students who accessed our videos scored a significant 5.5% points higher on the first exam of the semester, compared to students in other conditions or non-viewers (d =.35). Our brief (approx. 10 min per week × 4 weeks) instruction in using diagrams to learn biology yielded significant gains in undergraduate achievement.
AB - The study strategy of comparing-and-contrasting has been well validated for learning from text, but not from diagrams. As part of a semester-long study strategies intervention for undergraduate biology students, we created 4 short instructional videos demonstrating the strategy of comparing-and-contrasting within diagrams (CC DIA) and delivered these just before the first course exam. We hypothesized that this strategy would help students develop a deeper comprehension of the instructed biology content. Participants were 128 undergraduates in a 2nd semester introductory (molecular and cellular) biology course, who participated in exchange for extra course credit. Students who accessed our videos scored a significant 5.5% points higher on the first exam of the semester, compared to students in other conditions or non-viewers (d =.35). Our brief (approx. 10 min per week × 4 weeks) instruction in using diagrams to learn biology yielded significant gains in undergraduate achievement.
KW - Biology
KW - Compare-and-contrast
KW - Strategy instruction
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-91376-6_44
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-91376-6_44
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048629205
SN - 9783319913759
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 492
EP - 499
BT - Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 10th International Conference, Diagrams 2018, Proceedings
A2 - Stapleton, Gem
A2 - Bellucci, Francesco
A2 - Moktefi, Amirouche
A2 - Chapman, Peter
A2 - Perez-Kriz, Sarah
PB - Springer
Y2 - 18 June 2018 through 22 June 2018
ER -