Drawing as a Generative Activity and Drawing as a Prognostic Activity

In this study 9th grade students (N = 196) with a mean age of 147 years read a scientific text explaining the chemical process of doing laundry with soap and water and then took 3 tests Students who were Instructed to generate drawings during learning scored higher than students who only read on subsequent tests of transfer (d = 0 91) retention (d = 0 87) and drawing (d = 2 00) For students who were instructed to generate drawings during learning those who generated high accuracy drawings (according to a median split) scored higher than students who generated low accuracy drawings on subsequent tests of transfer (d = 0 99) retention (d = 0 79) and drawing (d = 1 87) furthermore drawing accuracy scores during learning correlated with learning outcome scores on transfer (r = 57) retention (r = 50) and drawing (r = 82) Results suggest that drawing can serve as a generative activity and as a prognostic activity