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Lawson, Alyssa P.; Mayer, Richard E.; Adamo-Villani, Nicoletta; Benes, Bedrich; Lei, Xingyu; Cheng, Justin – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
The positivity principle states that people learn better from instructors who display positive emotions rather than negative emotions. In two experiments, students viewed a short video lecture on a statistics topic in which an instructor stood next to a series of slides as she lectured and then they took either an immediate test (Experiment 1) or…
Descriptors: Positive Attitudes, Video Technology, Lecture Method, Statistics Education
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Mayer, Richard E.; Fiorella, Logan; Stull, Andrew – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
This paper reviews five ways to increase the effectiveness of instructional video and one way not to use instructional video. People learn better from an instructional video when the onscreen instructor draws graphics on the board while lecturing (dynamic drawing principle), the onscreen instructor shifts eye gaze between the audience and the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Effectiveness