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Direct linkLee, Hyunjeong; Plass, Jan L.; Homer, Bruce D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
How can cognitive load in visual displays of computer simulations be optimized? Middle-school chemistry students (N = 257) learned with a simulation of the ideal gas law. Visual complexity was manipulated by separating the display of the simulations in two screens (low complexity) or presenting all information on one screen (high complexity). The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Visual Aids, Computer Simulation, Middle School Students
Wallen, Erik; Plass, Jan L.; Brunken, Roland – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2005
Students participated in a study (n = 98) investigating the effectiveness of three types of annotations on three learning outcome measures. The annotations were designed to support the cognitive processes in the comprehension of scientific texts, with a function to aid either the process of selecting relevant information, organizing the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Verbal Ability, Reading Comprehension, Documentation
Peer reviewedChun, Dorothy M.; Plass, Jan L. – Language Learning & Technology, 1997
Discusses how second-language reading research is focusing increasingly on the cognitive processes involved in reading--the interaction of lower-level, bottom-up processes such as vocabulary acquisition with high-level, top-down processes such as activating prior knowledge. This knowledge is combined with current research on learning with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Multimedia Instruction, Prior Learning
