Embedding computers in books to improve spatial situation models:

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Embedding computers in books to improve spatial
situation models
one theoretical and one applied study Glenn
Gordon Smith
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Situation models text narratives

• PICTS

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Context 2 studies
 
Patent pending 12059210
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Study 1
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Study 1

Independent variables reading conditions 1)
Contingent accountable popup queries 2)
Non-contingent accountable popup queries 3)
Control
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Study 1

46 UGs read 3 short narratives, within subject
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Study 1

Dependent variablestime - Spatial discontinuity
sentences Spatial Multiple choice posttest w/ map
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Study 1
Mean SD Control .561 .223 Non-contingent
Accountable .639 .213 Contingent
Accountable .648 .214 ANOVA ( 1, 45) 4.02, p
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Results Posttest
Mean SD Control .561 .223 Acc. (Cont
Non-cont) .643 .183 t(45) 2.71, p lt .01
(one-tailed), d .48.
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Study 1
Results Times spatial discontinuity
sentences
Mean SD Control 3505.59 1179.20 Non-conti
ngent Accountable 3833.52 1202.64 Contingent
Accountable 3848.39 1091.92 Non-cont vs. cont
(45) .092, p lt .927

Mean SD Control 3506 1179 Acc. (Cont
Non-cont)) 3841 1011 t(45) 1.74, p lt 0.05
(one-tailed), d .38
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Study 2

Field Test fifth graders
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Reading is in Decline
Internet and Video GamesNegative Attitudes
toward ReadingWhy is this situation critical?
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70 struggling readers 6 12 grade
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Resurrecting Books
Study 2
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Our Solution

• Situation Models readers Internal
  Representations
• Interactive Maps hardcopy books

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How It Works
Patent pending 12059210
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RQ 1
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RQ 2
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RQ 3
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Method
4 fifth grade classes 1/2 1/2
Posttest comprehension, open-ended, focus
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Results RQ 1
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Results RQ 1
INCREDIMAZING
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Results RQ 2
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Results RQ 3

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Demo
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Thank you!Dr. Glenn Gordon Smith
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