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Sher, Keren Ben-Tov; Levi-Keren, Michal; Gordon, Goren – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
In the information age, where all answers are just a click away, curiosity, the intrinsic drive to learn, becomes of paramount importance. How easy is it to prime for curiosity and what are its effects? What simple interventions can be used to enable curiosity-driven behaviors? We have conducted a large-scale study to address these questions,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Priming, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs
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Koc-Januchta, Marta M.; Höffler, Tim N.; Prechtl, Helmut; Leutner, Detlev – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of visual/verbal cognitive style and interactivity level in dynamic and non-dynamic multimedia learning environments. A group of 235 biology students learned about photosynthesis either from a computer-based animation or a series of static pictures with spoken explanatory text. Participants were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Interaction, Visualization, Multimedia Instruction
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Jamet, Eric; Fernandez, Jonathan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
The present study investigated whether learning how to use a web service with an interactive tutorial can be enhanced by cueing. We expected the attentional guidance provided by visual cues to facilitate the selection of information in static screen displays that corresponded to spoken explanations. Unlike most previous studies in this area, we…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Web Sites, Cues, Visual Stimuli