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Moon, Jewoong; Ryu, Jeeheon – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2021
Students experience challenges when understanding visual information in multimedia learning. Specifically, immersive multimedia environments, such as virtual reality increase the likelihood that students undergo distractions in which information seeking during system-paced instruction occurred. Although previous studies have reviewed various cue…
Descriptors: Cues, Comprehension, Eye Movements, Cognitive Processes
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Yuya Arai – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
In second or foreign language (L2) extensive reading (ER) studies, learners have been encouraged to read easy books despite the lack of consensus concerning how to define book difficulty. In light of previous studies reporting that book difficulty can play an important role in learners' affect in ER (e.g., Bahmani & Farvardin, 2017; Chiang,…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Time, Difficulty Level, Student Attitudes
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Thompson, Penny; Xiu, Ying; Tsotsoros, Jessica D.; Robertson, Michelle A. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2021
Aim/Purpose: This study aims to explore whether instructors and educators should segment portions of instructional video that can be loaded and executed independently of other portions, and how long the segment portion of instructional video should be to effectively influence students' learning, perception, and interaction. Background:…
Descriptors: Instructional Films, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Design, Video Technology
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Jiang, Dayu; Kalyuga, Slava; Sweller, John – Educational Psychology, 2021
Face-to-face and computer-mediated collaboration have been used extensively in educational practice. However, research on teaching writing skills for English as a foreign language under collaborative conditions has reported mixed or even negative findings. Cognitive load theory can be used to explain many of these contradictory findings. An…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Zhu, Jingyi – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2020
Hauptman (2000) proposed a modern view about the easy/difficult nature of second language (L2) reading, proposing five factors: background knowledge, signaling, language, discourse, and length. Little research, however, has explored the hypotheses empirically. To fill this gap, this qualitative case study investigates: 1) What are the factors…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Literary Genres
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Jimenez, Laura M.; Meyer, Carla K. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2016
Graphic novels in the K-12 classroom are most often used to motivate marginalized readers because of the lower text load and assumption of easy reading. This assumption has thus far been unexplored by reading research. This qualitative multiple-case study utilized think-aloud protocols in a new attention-mapping activity to better understand how…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Novels, Picture Books, Reading Comprehension