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Rey, Gunter Daniel – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2012
The seductive detail effect arises when people learn more deeply from a multimedia presentation when interesting but irrelevant adjuncts are excluded. However, previous studies about this effect are rather inconclusive and contained various methodical problems. The recent experiment attempted to overcome these methodical problems. Undergraduate…
Descriptors: Instructional Material Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Multimedia Materials, Undergraduate Students
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Vorberg, Dirk; Schmidt, Rainer – Psychological Review, 1975
The purpose of this article was to show how Krantz's test (for threshold theories of signal detection) can be applied to examine the discrete-state assumption of the models proposed by Bernbach and Kintsch for recognition memory and to review some critical experimental data. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Memory, Models, Psychological Studies
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Poulton, E. C. – American Journal of Psychology, 1975
This paper describes some of the more spectacular range effects reported in the literature. (Author)
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Memory, Models, Psychological Studies
Jacoby, Larry L.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 1978
Argues for the importance of combining the concerns of the functionalist (Dewey, 1910) approach to memory with investigations of the effects of context and task demands. Two experiments are reported that demonstrate interactions between task demands and the more traditional functionalist variables. Particularly demonstrates that the effects of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Flow Charts
Flexser, Arthur J.; Bower, Gordon H. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1974
The present experiments test two plausible interpretations of the effect of frequency on relative recency judgments. (Editor)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Experimental Psychology, Flow Charts, Memory
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Anderson, O. Roger; Demetrius, Olive J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
Method is presented for displaying the sequential and multirelational ideation of scientific narrative elicited from respondents. The flow map provides a figural representation of the flow of information, the points in the flow where multirelational and recurrent linkages are made, and the time required to retrieve and express the information at…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning)
Reder, Lynne M. – 1985
This paper presents a general framework for the process of answering questions from memory. The focus is primarily on verification and recognition tasks. Six experiments support the assumptions of the proposed framework. The experiments are designed to address the following categories of inquiry: (1) Can we adjust our strategy preference to mirror…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo
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Hartley, James – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1994
Reviews research literature on the design of text for older readers. Topics include improving typographically simple layouts through the use of larger type, more readable text, clearer layouts, and summaries, headings and signals; and improving typographically complex texts such as income tax forms, diagrams, and procedural instructions. (31…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Aging (Individuals), Diagrams, Flow Charts