A Split-Attention Effect in Multimedia Learning: Evidence for Dual Processing Systems in Working Memory.

Mayer, Richard E.; Moreno, Roxana

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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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IES Cited: ED498555

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