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Large, Andrew; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
Reports on the second phase of a cognitive study of multimedia and its effects on sixth graders' learning that focused on the relationship among text, animation, and captions. Results show that a combination of text plus animation and captions resulted in greater recall, inference, and comprehension. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Captions, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Text