Enriching children's recall of picture-dictionary definitions with interrogation and elaborated pictures

Isolating variables that impact on or detract from the effectiveness of elaboration strategies.

“…Picture adjuncts have been used to facilitate learning in many studies involving children (e.g., see Wood, Pressley, Turnure, & Walton, 1987). Bransford and Johnson (1972) suggested that pictures may encourage memory facilitation by prompting learners to access relevant prior knowledge (see also J.…”

Vocabulary Learning Through Picture-Viewing and Picture-Drawing on Tablets

“…Moreover, incorporating the learning community concept into the system enabled the learners to view pictures drawn bypeers,whichfacilitatedlong-termlearningretention.Althoughthelearnerswerenotas skilledatdrawingasprofessionalartists,thepicturestheyproducedmatchedmoreclosely with their cognitions. Because elaborate pictures enrich students' recall when learning English vocabulary (Wood, Pressley, Turnure, & Walton, 1987), advanced drawing tools couldbeincludedinfutureresearch;moreover,studentscouldcreateandcollectpersonal dictionariesbydrawingorsearchingforpeers'picturesonline.Accordingly,teacherscould have an interactive channel for obtaining and directing students' vocabulary learning by viewingthepicturesontheirdictionaries.Inaddition,thelearnerswereconfidentthatthe picturestheydrewclearlyexpressedthemeaningofthevocabularies.Thelearnerscould create their own learning content by drawing pictures in such a manner that the pictures were highly relevant to the meaning of the target word, thus transforming their learning patternfrompassivetoactive.…”