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Munzer, Stefan; Zimmer, Hubert D.; Baus, Jorg – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2012
Current GPS-based mobile navigation assistance systems support wayfinding, but they do not support learning about the spatial configuration of an environment. The present study examined effects of visual presentation modes for navigation assistance on wayfinding accuracy, route learning, and configural learning. Participants (high-school students)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Maps, Short Term Memory, Spatial Ability
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Kuhl, Tim; Scheiter, Katharina; Gerjets, Peter – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2012
The current study investigated whether learning from dynamic and two presentation formats for static visualizations can be enhanced by means of cueing. One hundred and fifty university students were randomly assigned to six conditions, resulting from a 2x3-design, with cueing (with/without) and type of visualization (dynamic, static-sequential,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cues, Visual Aids, Scientific Attitudes
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Bartholome, Tobias; Bromme, Rainer – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
This study examined how 2 kinds of help when learning from text and pictures (mapping support and instructional guidance through prompts) influence the coherence formation process of integrating information into a mental model. It also explored spatial abilities and working memory span as potential moderators. In a computer-based setting, 84…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Rhetoric, Metacognition, Short Term Memory