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Peer reviewedMayer, Richard E.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1995
Explains a generative theory of textbook design and describes three experiments that compared college students' solutions on transfer problems after reading science texts with illustrations adjacent to corresponding text and including annotations, and illustrations separated from text without annotations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Science, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAbed, Farough – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1994
Describes a study of eighth graders that compared the effects of two-dimensional and three-dimensional illustrated texts on eye movement strategies and on retention of information. Results are reported that support earlier research findings that realism in illustrations is not necessarily facilitating and may even be distracting. (Contains 19…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Dimensional Preference, Eye Movements
