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Direct linkZhang, Shirong; Koning, Bjorn B.; Paas, Fred – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background: Self-management of cognitive load is a recent development in cognitive load theory. Finger pointing has been shown to be a potential self-management strategy to support learning from spatially separated, but mutually referring text and pictures (i.e., split-attention examples). Aims: The present study aimed to extend the prior research…
Descriptors: Self Management, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Nonverbal Communication
Zhang, Shirong; de Koning, Bjorn B.; Paas, Fred – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022
We investigated whether finger pointing can be used as a cognitive load self-management strategy when learning from split-attention examples. We expected that pointing would reduce cognitive load and enhance learning performance. In a guided self-management phase, 122 university students studied a split-attention example under three pointing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Attention, Self Management
Pouw, Wim; van Gog, Tamara; Zwaan, Rolf A.; Agostinho, Shirley; Paas, Fred – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2018
Co-thought gestures are understudied as compared to co-speech gestures yet, may provide insight into cognitive functions of gestures that are independent of speech processes. A recent study with adults showed that co-thought gesticulation occurred spontaneously during mental preparation of problem solving. Moreover, co-thought gesturing (either…
Descriptors: Children, Nonverbal Communication, Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving
