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Diao, Yali; Sweller, John – Learning and Instruction, 2007
In an example of the redundancy effect, learning is inhibited when written and spoken text containing the same information is presented simultaneously rather than in written or spoken form alone. The current research was designed to investigate whether the redundancy effect applied to reading comprehension in English as a foreign language (EFL) by…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Redundancy, Reading Comprehension
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Pawley, Duncan; Ayres, Paul; Cooper, Martin; Sweller, John – Educational Psychology, 2005
The conditions under which explicit instruction in checking, combined with worked examples, may be beneficial in learning how to translate sentences into algebraic equations was examined from the perspective of cognitive load theory. In two experiments it was shown that Grade 8 and 9 students were initially disadvantaged by the inclusion of a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Equations (Mathematics), Grade 8, Grade 9