Share Paper: A Comparative Study of Cognitive Effectiveness of Prompts on Paper-based and Display-based Learning of Vocational Aptitude Test Knowledge by Age (Twelfth Graders and University Students)

1. Haruhisa Yamaguchi, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
2. Yumi Yamaguchi, Sanyo Gakuen University, Japan

Abstract: Both paper- and display-based reading are often incorporated into the same lessons. However, few studies have examined the influence of prompts (boldface, lining, marking, etc.) on students’ ability to learn on paper-based and display-based learning of vocational aptitude knowledge. This study examined the effect of prompts on the understanding of declarative knowledge of technological materials and procedural knowledge of the subject material for two groups of students, twelfth grade and university students, and compared the results statistically. Three experiments were conducted to measure how well students learn when they read text with prompts or are asked to add prompts themselves. ...