AUTHOR=Navratil Sabrina D. , Kühl Tim 

TITLE=Learning with self-generated drawings and the impact of learners’ emotional states

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1286022

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1286022

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The present study examined the influence of emotional states when learning with self-generated drawings. It was assumed that learners in a positive emotional state would profit from learning with self-generated drawings, while learners in a negative emotional state would not profit from this strategy to the same extent but would rather benefit through reading. University students (N = 123) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions resulting from a 2 x 2 design with self-generated drawings (yes vs. no) and emotional state (positive vs. negative) as independent variables. Results showed that learning with self-generated drawings was more beneficial for a following transfer test than learning without drawings -irrespective of a learner's emotional state. The quality of selfgenerated drawings predicted the learning outcomes of the retention and pictorial test, but not for transfer. Missing effects of emotional states and the missing interaction with self-generated drawings will be discussed.