The Instructive Animation: Helping Students Build Connections between Words and Pictures in Multimedia Learning.

Mayer, Richard E.; Anderson, Richard B.

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Instructive Animation: Helping Students Build Connections between Words and Pictures in Multimedia Learning.

Mayer, Richard E.; Anderson, Richard B.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v84 n4 p444-52 Dec 1992

In 2 experiments, 280 college students studied animations depicting a mechanical operation with concurrent oral narration of the process, successive animation and narration, animation alone, narration alone, or no instruction (the control group). Results are consistent with a dual coding model of retention and problem solving. (SLD)

Descriptors: Animation, Coding, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning, Mechanical Equipment, Multimedia Instruction, Narration, Problem Solving, Retention (Psychology), Teaching Methods, Visual Measures

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED498555

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