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Is an Illustration Always Worth Ten Thousand Words? Effects of Prior Knowledge, Learning Style and Multimedia Illustrations on Text Comprehension.

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Ollerenshaw, Alison; Aidman, Eugene; Kidd, Garry – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1997

This study examined comprehension in four groups of undergraduates under text only, multimedia, and two diagram conditions of text supplementation. Results indicated that effects of text supplementation are mediated by prior knowledge and learning style: multimedia appears more beneficial to surface learners with little prior knowledge and makes…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Educational Technology