ERIC Number: EJ1118624
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0973
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Secondary-Task Effects on Learning with Multimedia: An Investigation through Eye-Movement Analysis
Acarturk, Cengiz; Ozcelik, Erol
Journal of Experimental Education, v85 n1 p126-141 2017
This study investigates secondary-task interference on eye movements through learning with multimedia. We focus on the relationship between the influence of the secondary task on the eye movements of learners, and the learning outcomes as measured by retention, matching, and transfer. Half of the participants performed a spatial tapping task while studying the instructional materials, whereas the other half studied the materials, without spatial tapping. The results revealed suboptimal learning outcomes under the secondary task, which was accompanied by fewer transitions of gaze between the text and the figure. We propose that the suboptimal learning outcomes might be due to the disrupted processing of pictures, and possibly due to the less efficient integration, of the information gathered from the text and figures.
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Eye Movements, Cognitive Processes, Pictorial Stimuli, Spatial Ability, Learning Processes, Interference (Learning), Multimedia Instruction, Retention (Psychology), Instructional Materials, Short Term Memory, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Tests, Prior Learning, Reliability, Statistical Analysis, Reaction Time, Mediation Theory
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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