Animations Need Narrations: An Experimental Test of a Dual-Coding Hypothesis.

Mayer, Richard E.; Anderson, Richard B.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Animations Need Narrations: An Experimental Test of a Dual-Coding Hypothesis.

Mayer, Richard E.; Anderson, Richard B.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v83 n4 p484-90 Dec 1991

In two experiments, 102 mechanically naive college students viewed an animation on bicycle tire pump operation with a verbal description before or during the animation or without description. Improved performance of those receiving description during the animation supports a dual-coding hypothesis of connections between visual and verbal stimuli. (SLD)

Descriptors: Animation, Coding, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Higher Education, Narration, Problem Solving, Recall (Psychology), Scientific and Technical Information, Transfer of Training, Verbal Stimuli, Visual Stimuli

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED498555

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