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Download full textAngert, Jay F. – 1980
This paper reviews research on pictorial stimulus complexity in instructional materials, examining still iconic visuals in particular. Five phases are proposed to assist in the integration of this research for generating useful hypotheses: (1) establishment of methodological and conceptual criteria; (2) collection of relevant literature; (3)…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Educational Technology, Literature Reviews, Media Research
Jennings, Thomas; Dwyer, Francis M. – 1982
The effectiveness of elaborate visual cueing and reduced step size (i.e., increasing the number of visual cues) in facilitating student achievement on different instructional tasks was examined. The hypothesis proposed that instructional treatments utilizing reduced step size and elaborate visual cueing alone and in combination would be superior…
Descriptors: College Students, Cues, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
Welch, Alicia J.; Watt, James H., Jr. – 1980
A study was conducted to examine the influence of visual complexity in a televised presentation on attention and learning among young children. (Visual complexity is defined as a composite variable that assesses the number of perceptual elements in a visual display and accounts for the extent of movement or activity in a scene.) Forty-eight…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Childrens Television, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer)
