Retracted: The role of colour coding of educational materials when studying grammatical categories of the Ukrainian language by foreign students

Abstract

The paper considers the practical experience of creating educational visual materials on the Ukrainian language as a foreign language using innovative technologies, namely, the specifics of the role and place of colour and colour symbols as a code sign during the assimilation of new educational information. This study employed the following theoretical methods—analysis, systematisation and generalisation of modern research; empirical methods—experimental work; statistical methods—qualitative and quantitative processing of the results of empirical research; systematisation and correlation of the results of empirical research in accordance with the values of the case paradigm of the Ukrainian language. It was established that colour can affect not only a person’s emotions and behaviour, but also cognitive processes, thinking and memory. Upon recollecting information, a person reproduces events and focuses on everything associated with them. Within the framework of this study, the authors have identified the role of the influence of colour on the activation and mobilisation of students’ attention and memory, found ways to learn grammatical categories of the Ukrainian language using a generalising colour table. The authors proved that studying grammatical categories of the Ukrainian language using the colour coding method improves awareness and reproduction of educational information.

Color education: A study on methods of influence on memory

“…The methods of intensification of color-based teaching are being actively developed in contemporary pedagogy ( Zavaruieva et al., 2022 ; Nolé et al., 2021 ). The classification of emotions based on the criteria of their intensity and corresponding colors was made according to the results of several studies ( Jackson et al., 2009 ).…”

“…Methods of activating and improving memory based on the color system, incorporated into the educational process and focused on the development of cognitive and communication skills of the individual, have been proposed for consideration and analyzed in the study of Dzulkifli and Mustafar (2013) . Using color for memory stimulation could increase the capacity of coding, storage, and recognition of environmental stimuli, whereas colors and respective manipulations may influence human memory performance ( Zavaruieva et al., 2022 ).…”

“…The levels of attention to specific stimuli increasing the probability of memory retention are being investigated from the viewpoint of the repeated response rate. The information, which is given more attention, increases the probability of memory retention and decreases if the learning material goes beyond a priority area or has been fully ignored ( Smilek et al., 2002 ; Zavaruieva et al., 2022 ).…”

“…(2002) discussed the potential of vigorous activity to improve short-term and long-term memory, the peculiarities of human memory performance being improved under the conditions of harmonious color against other colors. Zavaruieva et al. (2022) wrote about the influence of colored images and illustrations.…”

“…In a sense, this explains students’ preference for colored images and spending less time recognizing colored objects than colorless images. A colored object against colorless background contributes to better memory retention and ensures a shorter response time as compared to a colored object placed against a colored background ( Wichmann et al., 2002 ; Zavaruieva et al., 2022 ). The color of educational materials is one of the elements of the learning environment that has an impact on learning outcomes ( Luis et al., 2019 ).…”