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Instruction, Example Order, and Student Learning: Reducing Extraneous Cognitive Load by Providing Structure for Elaborated Examples
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Bolkan, San; Goodboy, Alan K. – Communication Education, 2020
This experiment examined learning differences between students who read instructional examples that varied in the order that information was presented. In an online lesson about advice giving, 275 students were randomly assigned to a learning condition where the order of instructional information moved either from (a) concrete examples to abstract…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Demonstrations (Educational), Sequential Approach
Facilitating Student Attention with Multimedia Presentations: Examining the Effects of Segmented PowerPoint Presentations on Student Learning
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Bolkan, San – Communication Education, 2019
This study examined students' ability to select and pay attention to appropriate learning material when exposed to an instructional lesson delivered with an animated PowerPoint presentation (i.e., information presented one part at a time instead of all at once). A total of 169 students were randomly assigned to watch a multimedia presentation that…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Visual Aids, Teaching Methods, Attention
Instructor Clarity, Generative Processes, and Mastery Goals: Examining the Effects of Signaling on Student Learning
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Bolkan, San – Communication Education, 2017
This study examined how, and under what conditions, teacher clarity (i.e., structure/signaling) impacts student learning. One hundred and forty eight students reported their propensity to approach their studies with a mastery orientation and were randomly exposed to a lesson on persuasion that was either signaled or not. After the lesson, students…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Cognitive Tests, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Examples and the Facilitation of Student Learning: Should Instructors Provide Examples or Should Students Generate Their Own?
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Bolkan, San; Goodboy, Alan K. – Communication Education, 2019
This study examined learning differences for students who were given instructor-provided examples during a lesson compared with student-generated examples. In an experiment, 348 students were exposed to an online lesson about fear appeals and were randomly assigned to either a condition where (a) examples of key concepts were provided by the…
Descriptors: Models, Concept Formation, Individual Differences, Student Role