Effects of task experience and layout on learning from text and pictures with or without unnecessary picture descriptions.

Abstract: The presentation of extraneous (i.e., irrelevant or unnecessary) information may hamper learning with multimedia. The present study examined whether people can learn to ignore unnecessary information with increasing experience with the task and whether this depends on the layout of that in...

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Published in:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 458 - 471
Main Authors: Rop, Gertjan, Schüler, Anne, Verkoeijen, Peter P. J. L., Scheiter, Katharina, van Gog, Tamara
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2018
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