This study investigated the relationship of two anxiety measures (the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait Form and the S-R Inventory of Anxiousness-Exam Form) to performance on a visual concept-learning task with embedded criterial information. The effect on anxiety reduction of cueing criterial information was also examined, and two levels of…

Presents results of research into the relationship between two anxiety measures and performance on a visual concept acquisition task for university undergraduates. Analysis of variance indicates a significant interaction between cueing treatment and scores on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Further research using different populations and…

To explore the effectiveness of color coding of visual materials in improving student retention, two sets of black/white and color presentations and evaluative measures were developed and tested on 152 students. Instruction was identical in narrative and visual content, with the only variable the use of color in simple line drawings complementing…