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Direct linkSwain, Jeff; Munyofu, Mine; Kidwai, Khusro; Lin, Huifen; Ausman, Bradley; Dwyer, Francis – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The purpose of this study was to test the principle of modality by using audio to deliver verbal information when that information is designed to support non-verbal information such as animations in a computer-based lesson. This was done by comparing the effect of two types of audio support mechanisms- a simple support mechanism consisting of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Verbal Stimuli, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedVasu, Ellen Storey; Howe, Ann C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Investigates the additive memory effect of two modes of presenting information to elementary children on the retention of both images and words. Children represented more information in pictorial than in verbal form. The visual-verbal treatment group scored higher on most of both verbal and pictorial responses than the visual treatment group.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Imagery, Learning Strategies, Retention (Psychology)
