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Direct linkShirong Zhang; Bjorn B. de Koning; Fred Paas – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2024
The split-attention effect posits that learning outcomes are negatively impacted when interrelated text and graphics are spatially segregated rather than cohesively integrated. This study explored how the instructional material's presentation size influences the manifestation of the split-attention effect. Based on cognitive load theory and…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Attention, Layout (Publications), Text Structure
Forrin, Noah D.; Mills, Caitlin; D'Mello, Sidney K.; Risko, Evan F.; Smilek, Daniel; Seli, Paul – Journal of Experimental Education, 2021
The prevalence of the acronym tl;dr ("too long; didn't read") suggests that people intentionally disengage their attention from long sections of text. We studied this real-world phenomenon in an educational context by measuring rates of intentional and unintentional mind-wandering while undergraduate student participants (n = 80) read…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Reading Processes, Attention, Text Structure
Hawkins, Lisa K.; Martin, Nicole M.; Bottomley, Diane; Shanahan, Brendan; Cooper, Jennifer – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2022
This mixed methods study sought to extend what is known about preservice teachers' [PSTs'] enactment of the core practice of reading and responding to students' writing by examining their reading of elementary students' writing at the start and end of writing-focused methods coursework. PSTs' reading of students' writing involves analysis of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Needs, Childrens Writing
