When Less Is More: Meaningful Learning from Visual and Verbal Summaries of Science Textbook Lessons.

Mayer, Richard E.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1996

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When Less Is More: Meaningful Learning from Visual and Verbal Summaries of Science Textbook Lessons.

Mayer, Richard E.; And Others

Journal of Educational Psychology, v88 n1 p64-73 Mar 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, Recall (Psychology), Sciences, Textbooks, Transfer of Training, Verbal Communication, Visual Aids, Visual Learning

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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