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Direct linkHomer, Bruce D.; Plass, Jan L. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
The influence of prior knowledge and cognitive development on the effectiveness of iconic representations in science visualizations was examined. Middle and high school students (N = 186) were given narrated visualizations of two chemistry topics: Kinetic Molecular Theory (Day 1) and Ideal Gas Laws (Day 2). For half of the visualizations, iconic…
Descriptors: Age, Prior Learning, Mechanics (Physics), Cognitive Development
Download full textSpaulding, Karen L.; Dwyer, Francis – 1999
This study examined the instructional effectiveness with which different job aid types facilitated learner achievement of different types of learning objectives and identified the degree to which low and high prior knowledge individuals profit from different job aid types. The instructional content used in the study was an instructional module on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anatomy, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
