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Aaron John Dewald – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Instructional videos are becoming increasingly popular in both formal and informal learning environments. This study aimed to examine the effects of on-screen representation (text or multimedia visuals) and context of examples (context-same or context-different) on retention, transfer, and perceived learning. Results demonstrated that varying the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Instructional Materials, Retention (Psychology), Transfer of Training
Devor, Geraldine M.; Stern, Carolyn – J Sch Psychol, 1970
Children were pretested and assigned to one of three treatments: training with three dimensional manipulanda; the same program except that the instructional materials were line drawings; and a control. On the posttest, both experimental groups were significantly superior to control group. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Instruction, Instructional Materials, Learning
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Mayer, 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
Allen, William H. – 1968
This compilation of readings in educational media and research makes accessible published and unpublished documents relevant to designers and users of educational media. Volume I is divided into two parts, "Basic Foundations" and "Media Characteristics.""Basic Foundations" refers to that upon which a science of instructional media design and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Auditory Perception, Aural Learning