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Using Eye Movements to Measure Intrinsic, Extraneous, and Germane Load in a Multimedia Learning Environment
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Zu, Tianlong; Hutson, John; Loschky, Lester C.; Rebello, N. Sanjay – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
In a previous study, DeLeeuw and Mayer (2008) found support for the triarchic model of cognitive load (Sweller, Van Merriënboer, & Paas, 1998, 2019) by showing that three different metrics could be used to independently measure 3 hypothesized types of cognitive load: intrinsic, extraneous, and germane. However, 2 of the 3 metrics that the…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Multimedia Instruction
Motivational Virtual Agent in E-Learning: The Roles of Regulatory Focus and Message Framing
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Tan, Su-Mae; Liew, Tze Wei; Gan, Chin Lay – Information and Learning Sciences, 2020
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of a learner's regulatory focus orientation and message frame of a motivational virtual agent in an e-learning environment. Design/methodology/approach: On the basis of quasi-experimental design, university sophomores (n = 210) categorized as chronic promotion-focus, chronic prevention-focus…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication
On the Locus of the Practice Effect in Sustained Attention Tests
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Blotenberg, Iris; Schmidt-Atzert, Lothar – Journal of Intelligence, 2019
The present study set out to explore the locus of the poorly understood but frequently reported and comparatively large practice effect in sustained attention tests. Drawing on a recently proposed process model of sustained attention tests, several cognitive tasks were administered twice in order to examine which specific component of test…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Tests, Models, Test Items
Moderating the Seductive Details Effect in Multimedia Learning with Note-Taking
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Wang, Zhe; Sundararajan, Narayankripa; Adesope, Olusola O.; Ardasheva, Yuliya – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Although the seductive details effect, a phenomenon where interesting but irrelevant pictures impede comprehension, is well documented, studies examining ways of moderating its detrimental impact on learning remain few. The present study examined the effect of note-taking on the seductive details effect. Chinese undergraduate participants (N = 91)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Multimedia Instruction, Notetaking
Attention Switching and Multimedia Learning: The Impact of Executive Resources on the Integrative Comprehension of Texts and Pictures
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Baadte, Christiane; Rasch, Thorsten; Honstein, Helena – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The ability to flexibly allocate attention to goal-relevant information is pivotal for the completion of high-level cognitive processes. For instance, in comprehending illustrated texts, the reader permanently has to switch the attentional focus between the text and the corresponding picture in order to extract relevant information from both…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Hypothesis Testing
Enabling Microblogging-Based Peer Feedback in Face-to-Face Classrooms
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Luo, Tian – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to understand student interaction and learning in microblogging-based peer feedback sessions. The researcher examined through a case study how students interacted and provided peer feedback for each other when Twitter was enabled as a backchannel; students were also asked to report how they perceived their experience.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Journals, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing