Of Windmills and Rope Dancing: The Instructional Value of Narrative Structures
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Teaching of Psychology
- Vol. 14 (4) , 214-216
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15328023top1404_5
Abstract
Rationale for the instructional value of narrative structures has been emerging steadily in cognitive psychology. The organizational framework that narrative structures offer may be useful for college-level instruction. Introductory textbook chapters were prepared in three modes: traditional, using successive examples to illustrate psychological concepts; intermediate, using a brief sequence of related events; and narrative, using an extended narrative structure. Undergraduates preferred the narrative mode and considered it more enjoyable and more useful for learning.Keywords
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