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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
