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When Less Is More: Meaningful Learning from Visual and Verbal Summaries of Science Textbook Lessons.
Peer reviewedMayer, Richard E.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1996
In 3 experiments, 163 college students who read a summary with a sequence of short captions with simple illustrations depicting steps in a process recalled the steps and solved transfer problems as well as or better than students who received the full text with a summary or alone. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Learning
KUMATA, HIDEYA – 1958
TWO STUDIES IN CLOSED-CIRCUIT INSTRUCTIONAL TV WERE PERFORMED AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. CLASSES SUBJECTED TO THE STUDY WERE SOCIAL SCIENCE AND ADVERTISING. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO MEASURE COURSE RELATED STUDENT ATTITUDES. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED OVER 3 DAYS. STUDENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO 18 EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS, SOME RECEIVING LIVE…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Attitude Change, Closed Circuit Television, College Students


