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ERIC Number: EJ571192
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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A Split-Attention Effect in Multimedia Learning: Evidence for Dual Processing Systems in Working Memory.
Mayer, Richard E.; Moreno, Roxana
Journal of Educational Psychology, v90 n2 p312-20 Jun 1998
Multimedia learners (n=146 college students) were able to integrate words and computer-presented pictures more easily when the words were presented aurally rather than visually. This split-attention effect is consistent with a dual-processing model of working memory. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attention, Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Multimedia Instruction, Retention (Psychology), Visual Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Working Memory
Note: Journal availability: American Psychological Association, Subscription Sec., 750 1st St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242.