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Investigating Means to Reduce Cognitive Load from Animations: Applying Differentiated Measures of Knowledge Representation
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Schar, Sissel Guttormsen; Zimmermann, Philippe G. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2007
This paper covers an experiment designed to investigate the relationship between the didactical setting and learning effects with animations. We investigated whether the cognitive load imposed by animations could be reduced when the students could control the flow of the animation. We did not find an effect due to the fact that the students did…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Knowledge Representation, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level