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A Split-Attention Effect in Multimedia Learning: Evidence for Dual Processing Systems in Working Memory
Richard E. Mayer,Roxana Moreno +1 more
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This article found that multimedia learners can integrate words and pictures more easily when the words are presented auditorily rather than visually, which is consistent with a dual-processing model of working memory consisting of separate visual and auditory channels.Abstract:
Students viewed a computer-generated animation depicting the process of lightning formation (Experiment 1) or the operation of a car's braking system (Experiment 2). In each experiment, students received either concurrent narration describing the major steps (Group AN) or concurrent on-screen text involving the same words and presentation timing (Group AT). Across both experiments, students in Group AN outperformed students in Group AT in recalling the steps in the process on a retention test, in finding named elements in an illustration on a matching test, and in generating correct solutions to problems on a transfer test. Multimedia learners can integrate words and pictures more easily when the words are presented auditorily rather than visually. This split-attention effect is consistent with a dual-processing model of working memory consisting of separate visual and auditory channels.read more
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Dual coding theory and education
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Multimedia learning: Are we asking the right questions?
TL;DR: This article found that students who received coordinated presentation of explanations in verbal and visual format (multiple representation group) generated a median of over 75% more creative solutions on problem-solving transfer tests than did those who received verbal explanations alone (single representation group).
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For whom is a picture worth a thousand words? Extensions of a dual-coding theory of multimedia learning.
Richard E. Mayer,Valerie K. Sims +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, high and low-spatial ability students viewed a computer-generated animation and listened simultaneously (concurrent group) or successively (successive group) to a narration that explained the workings either of a bicycle tire pump or of the human respiratory system.