Editing Generative Drawing Principle (section)

=='''Design Implications'''==
The generative drawing principle might be attractive to instructors who are trying to reach students who identify as visual learners; inviting a student to illustrate a lesson could be viewed as a natural way to engage a learner who might not be motivated to learn solely by reading text, which is generally a passive act. 
<br><br> However, Leutner and Schmeck state, “benefits of drawing are most likely to be revealed when instructional support is provided to the learner in order to constrain and structure the drawing activity”<ref name="LEUTNERSCHMECK" /> (p. 443). Per Leutner and Schmeck, students might expend cognitive load on trying to figure out how to draw on the computer, so pre-training may be necessary.  One tool that may be helpful is to provide students with specific components to create a drawing.<ref name="LEUTNERSCHMECK" />