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Is Too Much Help an Obstacle? Effects of Interactivity and Cognitive Style on Learning with Dynamic versus Non-Dynamic Visualizations with Narrative Explanations

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Koc-Januchta, Marta M.; Höffler, Tim N.; Prechtl, Helmut; Leutner, Detlev – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of visual/verbal cognitive style and interactivity level in dynamic and non-dynamic multimedia learning environments. A group of 235 biology students learned about photosynthesis either from a computer-based animation or a series of static pictures with spoken explanatory text. Participants were…

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Interaction, Visualization, Multimedia Instruction

Measuring Learning Styles with Questionnaires versus Direct Observation of Preferential Choice Behavior in Authentic Learning Situations: The Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale (VV-BOS).

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Leutner, Detlev; Plass, Jan L. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1998

Describes the development of the VV-BOS (Visualizer/Verbalizer Behavior Observation Scale), a computer-based instrument for direct observation of students' preferences for visual or verbal learning material. Results of a study with second-language learners indicated a high degree of reliability as an alternative to conventional questionnaires.…

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Oriented Programs, Learning Strategies, Observation

Supporting Visual and Verbal Learning Preferences in a Second-Language Multimedia Learning Environment.

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Plass, Jan L.; Chun, Dorothy M.; Mayer, Richard E.; Leutner, Detlev – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1998

English-speaking college students (n=103) enrolled in a German course read a German story presented by a computer program which allowed them to choose a verbal or visual (picture or video clip) translation. Students remembered word translations better when they saw both annotations. Implications for a theory of multimedia learning are discussed.…

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education, German, Higher Education