R. Hall Knowledge Map Research
Description
Visual/spatial displays have been used for the delivery of technical and academic information for some time (e.g., Briscoe & LaMaster, 1991). There are at least two reasons that can account for the popularity of these techniques. First, under some conditions visual displays can serve as a more effective alternative to traditional text presentation. Second, technological advances in the display of visual information (e.g., graphics software) have made alternative spatial/textual presentations more feasible and cost effective. Despite the large increase in the use of these methods, they have received scant experimental attention. One noted exception is the knowledge map approach developed by Dansereau and his colleagues. Knowledge Maps, an alternative method of text presentation (Lambiotte, Dansereau, Cross, & Reynolds, 1989), display text in a two dimensional spatial network . A series of experiments have found that this method is an effective format for the presentation of academic text. Not only has the method been found effective for enhancing the learning of text information (Hall, Dansereau, & Skaggs, 1992; Rewey, Dansereau, Skaggs, Hall, & Pitre, 1989), it also appears to be an effective communication aid when applied within the context of cooperative learning (Patterson, Dansereau, & Newborn, 1992), and can serve to facilitate retention of information for students with low prior knowledge, when used in conjunction with a classroom lecture (Lambiotte & Dansereau, 1992).
References
- Briscoe, C. & LaMaster, S. U. (1991). Meaningful Learning in College Biology through Concept Mapping. American Biology Teacher, 53, 214-219.
- Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., Cross, D. R., & Reynolds, S. B. (1989). Multirelational Semantic Maps. Educational Psychology Review, 1, 331-367.
- Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., & Skaggs, L. P. (1990). The cooperative learner. Learning and Individual differences, 2, 327 - 336.
- Lambiotte, J. G. & Dansereau, D. F. (1992). Effects of knowledge maps and prior knowledge on recall of science lecture content. Journal of Experimental Education, 60, 189 - 201.
- Patterson, M. E., Dansereau, D. F., & Newborn, D. (1992). Effects of communication aids and strategies on cooperative teaching. Journal of Educational Psychology, 84, 453 - 461.
- Rewey, K. L., Dansereau, D. F., Skaggs, L. P., Hall, R. H., & Pitre, U. (1989). Effects of scripted cooperation and knowledge maps on the recall of technical material. Journal of Educational Psychology, 81, 604 - 609.
R. Hall Knowledge Map Publications
- Rewey, K. L., Dansereau, D. F., Skaggs, L. P., Hall, R. H., & Pitre, U. (1989). Effects of scripted cooperation and knowledge maps on the recall of technical material. Journal of Educational Psychology, 81, 604-609.
- Hall, R.H., Dansereau, D. F., & Skaggs, L. P. (1992). Knowledge maps and the presentation of related information domains. Journal of Experimental Education, 61, 5 - 18.
- Hall, R.H., & Blair, R. (1993). Knowledge maps and spatial/verbal processing: A temporal analysis. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 77, 611-621.
- Hall, R. H. & Sidio-Hall, M.A. (1994). The effect of color enhancement on knowledge map processing. Journal of Experimental Education, 62, 209 - 217.
- Hall, R. H. & Sidio-Hall, M.A. (1994). The effect of student color coding of knowledge maps and test anxiety on student learning. Journal of Experimental Education, 62, 291 - 302.
- Hall, R.H. & O'Donnell, A.M. (1996). Cognitive and affective outcomes of learning from knowledge maps. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 21, 94-101.
- Hall, R.H., Hall, M.A., & Saling, C.B. (1999). The effects of graphical postorganization strategies on learning from knowledge maps. Journal of Experimental Education, 67(2), 101-112.
- O’Donnell, A.M., Dansereau, D.F., & Hall, R.H. (2002). Knowledge
maps as
scaffolds for cognitive processing. Educational Psychology Review, 14(1), 71-86.