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King, William A. – 1975
Using PLATO, a computer-assisted instruction system, a test was conducted to see if students respond most favorably to an instructional package that included no graphic display, still graphic display, or animated graphic display. Forty-five students at the Naval Training Center, San Diego, were the subjects. With the learning of the sine-ratio…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Concept Teaching
Swain, Jeff; Munyofu, Mine; Kidwai, Khusro; Lin, Huifen; Ausman, Bradley; Dwyer, Francis – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The purpose of this study was to test the principle of modality by using audio to deliver verbal information when that information is designed to support non-verbal information such as animations in a computer-based lesson. This was done by comparing the effect of two types of audio support mechanisms- a simple support mechanism consisting of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Verbal Stimuli, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Schneider, Vivian I.; Healy, Alice F.; Barshi, Immanuel – Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied, 2004
In 3 experiments, the authors simulated air traffic controllers giving pilots navigation instructions of various lengths. Participants either heard or read the instructions; repeated either all, a reduced form, or none of the instructions; and then followed them by clicking on the specified locations in a space represented by grids on a computer…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Learning Modalities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods