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Direct linkSchneider, Sascha; Dyrna, Jonathan; Meier, Luis; Beege, Maik; Rey, Günter Daniel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
Decorative pictures, which make a learning text aesthetically appealing rather than provide information, have been predominantly found to impair learning by an increase of learning-irrelevant cognitive processes. Recent research, however, indicates that this effect is moderated by various factors. On the basis of cognitive-affective theories and…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Instructional Materials
Fiorella, Logan; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
In 4 experiments, participants viewed a short video-based lesson about how the Doppler effect works. Some students viewed already-drawn diagrams while listening to a concurrent oral explanation, whereas other students listened to the same explanation while viewing the instructor actually draw the diagrams by hand. All students then completed…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Observational Learning, Freehand Drawing
Mayer, Richard E.; Johnson, Cheryl I. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
College students viewed a short multimedia PowerPoint presentation consisting of 16 narrated slides explaining lightning formation (Experiment 1) or 8 narrated slides explaining how a car's braking system works (Experiment 2). Each slide appeared for approximately 8-10 s and contained a diagram along with 1-2 sentences of narration spoken in a…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Epistemology, College Students, Multimedia Materials
