Title

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Connections: The Facilitative Effects Of Diagrams On Mental Model Development And Task Performance

Keywords

Card sorts; Diagrams; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge structures; Mental models

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of training format on knowledge structure development and how differing knowledge structure measurement techniques can be used to best assess training effectiveness. The presence of diagrams was manipulated in a computer-based training tutorial designed to assess mental model development and knowledge acquisition. Participants presented with diagrams were more likely to accurately draw connections across modules of the training. Diagrams also facilitated performance on measures of integrative knowledge but not on measures of declarative knowledge. The results are discussed in the context of mental model theory. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

3-1-2003

Publication Title

Computers in Human Behavior

Volume

19

Issue

2

Number of Pages

185-199

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0747-5632(02)00054-7

Socpus ID

0037350850 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0037350850

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