Acquiring Information from Simple Weather Maps: Influences of Domain-Specific Knowledge and General Visual-Spatial Abilities

Autor/inn/en	Allen, Gary L.; Miller, Christy R.; Power, Helen
Titel	Acquiring Information from Simple Weather Maps: Influences of Domain-Specific Knowledge and General Visual-Spatial Abilities
Quelle	In: Learning and Individual Differences, 16 (2006) 4, S.337-349 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6080
DOI	10.1016/j.lindif.2007.01.003
Schlagwörter	Familiarity; Weather; Meteorology; Information Retrieval; Knowledge Level; Map Skills; Locational Skills (Social Studies); Spatial Ability; Visual Discrimination; Geographic Concepts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wetter; Meteorologie; Wissensbasis; Kartenverständnis; Lokalisierung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen
Abstract	The influences of domain-specific meteorological knowledge and general visual-spatial abilities on the comprehension of simple weather maps were examined in a regression-based study involving a sample of participants with relatively low meteorological knowledge and in an experiment involving a contrast between samples of higher- and lower-knowledge participants. Results from the first study indicated that the roles of domain-specific knowledge and visual-spatial abilities for lower-knowledge individuals were strongly influenced by the presence of supporting geographic information (i.e., city locations) in the weather maps being interpreted. Results from the second study underscored the importance of domain-specific meteorological knowledge and map familiarity and, surprisingly, pointed to a single visual-spatial ability (speed of closure) that mediated both of these influences. (Author).
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