Learning from Cartograms: The Effects of Region Familiarity

Autor:	Janet T. Johnson, Kent A. Rittschof, Raymond W. Kulhavy, William A. Stock, Michael P. Verdi
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	Geography Thematic map Recall Geography Planning and Development Mental representation Depiction Cognition Scale (map) Cartogram Cartography Earth-Surface Processes Data mapping
Zdroj:	Journal of Geography. 95:50-58
ISSN:	1752-6868 0022-1341
DOI:	10.1080/00221349608978925
Popis:	Value-by-area maps, or cartograms, are a curiosity-provoking method of depicting geographically related data. The use of cartograms for learning such data involves a learner's familiarity with the region depicted and the distortion of true, earth-centered scale. To examine the effects of region familiarity and region distortion on learning from cartograms, college undergraduates viewed a true-scale map of either a familiar or an unfamiliar region followed by either a cartogram or a data map of the same region. They then drew the true-scale map from memory, and matched map data-levels on a cued-recall map. Long-term familiarity was observed as an important prerequisite for successful use of cartograms. Cartogram depiction of unfamiliar regions resulted in inaccurate reconstructions and degraded levels of data recall. The results were interpreted with respect to cognitive theoretical assumptions. Suggestions were made regarding the instructional use of cartograms.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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