Schemes for Integrating Text and Image in the Science Textbook: Effects on Comprehension and Situational Interest

Autor/in	Peterson, Matthew O.
Titel	Schemes for Integrating Text and Image in the Science Textbook: Effects on Comprehension and Situational Interest
Quelle	In: International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 11 (2016) 6, S.1365-1385 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1306-3065
Schlagwörter	Textbooks; Science Curriculum; Science Education; Statistical Analysis; Grade 7; Middle School Students; Pretests Posttests; Instructional Materials; Correlation; Reading Comprehension; Visual Literacy; Textbook Preparation; Reading Interests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Statistische Analyse; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Korrelation; Leseverstehen; Literacy; Visualization; Visualisation; Schreib- und Lesekompetenz; Visualisierung; Lehrbucharbeit; Leseinteresse
Abstract	Science education researchers have turned their attention to the use of images in textbooks, both because pages are heavily illustrated and because visual literacy is an important aptitude for science students. Text-image integration in the textbook is described here as composition schemes in increasing degrees of integration: prose primary (PP), prose subsumed (PS), and fully integrated (FI). These schemes enable experimental research with authentic media without diminishing complexity. Seventh grade subjects used media variants in a within-subjects design (N = 158). Comprehension tests revealed higher comprehension for FI over PP media variants in one of three sessions (P = 0.0073). FI scores were highest for the other tests but not significantly so (P>0.05). A post-test situational interest measure revealed a significant preference pattern of FI>PS>PP. As textbooks follow a general PP strategy, expansion and confirmation of the results would suggest increasing the degree of text--image integration for middle school science textbooks. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01