Pictorial and verbal instructions were compared relative to the learning of a novel motor skill. High school-aged subjects (n = 54, 16-18 year old males) were divided into six instructional treatment groups: (1) Verbal; (2) Pictorial; (3) Pictorial and Verbal; (4) Verbal and Imagery; (5) Pictorial and Imagery; and (6) Pictorial and Strategic coding. It was hypothesized that the four groups using pictures as an instructional aid would demonstrate superior performance versus the two verbal treatment groups. It was also predicted that the learning trends would be different for the pictorial groups as compared to the verbal groups. It was further hypothesized that imagery ability would be related to performance, and therefore, each subject's imagery ability score was to be used as a covariate. Results of a one-way ANOVA supported the primary hypothesis. That is, subjects in the pictorial treatment conditions performed significantly better than subjects in the verbal treatment conditions. No significant differences were observed between the four pictorial conditions. Similarly, no significant difference was discovered between the verbal treatment conditions. / A 6 x 10 ANOVA (6 methods x 10 repeated measures) was used to analyze subject's performance over trials. Significant results were discovered for between groups, between trials, and the interaction of trials by groups. Learning trends for subjects in the pictorial groups continued to display improvement through the fourth trial. However, for subjects in the verbal groups the learning trends leveled off after the initial performance trial. The hypothesis that imagery ability would be related to performance was not sustained. Therefore, the covariate score of imagery ability was not applied to the overall analysis. Implications of findings in this investigation indicate that learners will benefit from environments that include pictorial illustrations as a learning aid. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: A, page: 1700. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76132 |
| Contributors | JUAIRE, STEPHEN E., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 170 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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