Multimedia and Comprehension: A Cognitive Study.

Large, Andrew; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ489759

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Multimedia and Comprehension: A Cognitive Study.

Large, Andrew; And Others

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v45 n7 p515-28 Aug 1994

Describes a study of 120 grade-6 students in Montreal that compared "Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia" on CD-ROM with its print version to determine students' ability to recall information and to draw inferences from it. Presentation conditions, retrieval conditions, text characteristics, and future research plans are discussed. (Contains 19 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Encyclopedias, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Hypothesis Testing, Inferences, Information Retrieval, Intermediate Grades, Intermode Differences, Multimedia Instruction, Optical Data Disks, Recall (Psychology), Research Needs, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Montreal)

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