TY - GEN
T1 - Students' spontaneous use of diagrams in written communication
T2 - 8th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2014
AU - Manalo, Emmanuel
AU - Uesaka, Yuri
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This study examined the amounts of information that students represented in diagrams compared to text when taking notes (self-directed communication) and when constructing explanations for others (others-directed communication). The participants were 98 Japanese university students who read one of two passages (differing in imageability) in Japanese (L1) and in English (L2). While reading, they could take notes, and were subsequently requested to produce an explanation of the passage using L1 or L2. The students represented more information in diagrams in notes they took from the passage of higher imageability in L1. However, in their explanation of that same passage for others - still using L1 - they represented more information in text. This finding suggests perceptual differences about the functions of diagrams in self- and others-directed communication. Results also confirmed that passage imageability and students' language proficiency affect cognitive processing cost, which in turn influences the extent to which diagrams are used.
AB - This study examined the amounts of information that students represented in diagrams compared to text when taking notes (self-directed communication) and when constructing explanations for others (others-directed communication). The participants were 98 Japanese university students who read one of two passages (differing in imageability) in Japanese (L1) and in English (L2). While reading, they could take notes, and were subsequently requested to produce an explanation of the passage using L1 or L2. The students represented more information in diagrams in notes they took from the passage of higher imageability in L1. However, in their explanation of that same passage for others - still using L1 - they represented more information in text. This finding suggests perceptual differences about the functions of diagrams in self- and others-directed communication. Results also confirmed that passage imageability and students' language proficiency affect cognitive processing cost, which in turn influences the extent to which diagrams are used.
KW - cognitive processing cost
KW - spontaneous diagram production
KW - strategy use perceptions and beliefs
KW - text and diagrammatic representations
KW - written communication
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-662-44043-8_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-662-44043-8_13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84905842665
SN - 9783662440421
VL - 8578 LNAI
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 78
EP - 92
BT - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 28 July 2014 through 1 August 2014
ER -