Short- and Long-Term Modality Effect in Multimedia Learning

• Main Author: Ruf, Alessia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: BestMasters
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Cognitive psychology.; General Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.

In a multimethod laboratory study Alessia Ruf compared multimodal learning in system-paced and self-paced environments over time. The results show that overall participants achieved the highest learning success in short- and long-term when they learned with visual texts and controlled the learning t...

Table of Contents:

• Theories of multimedia learning
• Application of different multimedia environments to investigate the influence of the modality effect on memory
• Eye-Tracking data analysis of the modality effect.