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McCrudden, Matthew T.; Hushman, Carolyn J.; Marley, Scott C. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2014
This experiment investigated whether study of a scientific text and a visual display that contained redundant text segments would affect memory and transfer. The authors randomly assigned 42 students from a university in the southwestern United States in equal numbers to 1 of 2 conditions: (a) a redundant condition, in which participants studied a…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction, Educational Experiments, Text Structure
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Zhao, Fang; Schnotz, Wolfgang; Wagner, Inga; Gaschler, Robert – Frontline Learning Research, 2014
Despite numerous studies on reading and multimedia comprehension, the usage of text and picture with different reading strategies has rarely become a focus of research. The current study aims to explore whether the usage of text differs from the usage of picture when readers follow different strategies of knowledge acquisition. In a…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Illustrations
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Sayeski, Kristin L.; Hamilton-Jones, Bethany; Oh, Susan – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
The vast majority of special education teacher preparation programs in the United States incorporate the IRIS Center's "STAR Legacy" modules into their coursework. Given the diversity of module content and ways in which the modules are employed, the purpose of this study was to explore the potential mediating effects of instructional…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Special Education, Learning Modules, Outcomes of Education
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Lin, Lijia; Atkinson, Robert K. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2013
The purpose of the two experiments was to investigate the potential effects of different types of visualizations and self-explanation prompts on learning human cardiovascular system in a multimedia environment. In Experiments 1 and 2, 70 and 44 college students were randomly assigned to one of the four conditions in a 2 × 2 factorial design with…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Visualization, Prompting, Human Body
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Rey, Gunter Daniel – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
Undergraduate students (N = 97) used an introductory text and a computer simulation to learn fundamental concepts about statistical analyses (e.g., analysis of variance, regression analysis and General Linear Model). Each learner was randomly assigned to one cell of a 2 (with or without instructional advice) x 2 (with or without time advice) x 2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Liu, Yuliang – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2012
This project was designed to test Mayer's multimedia theory in an elementary school to improve students' mathematics learning for low-income children. The study designed and developed two multimedia mathematics experiments in 3rd grade: 9's multiplication experiment and geometric solids experiment. The two experimental lessons were implemented in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Low Income Groups, Pretests Posttests, Geometric Concepts