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The Modality Effect Reverses in a Virtual Reality Learning Environment and Influences Cognitive Load
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Direct linkAlbus, Patrick; Seufert, Tina – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
When Virtual Reality (VR) is used to present learning content, the three-dimensional image is often not sufficient and additional text is required, either in the form of visual or auditory text. Such additional instructional text could be particularly beneficial due to the many visual stimuli and the risk of visual working memory overload.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Simulation, Audiovisual Instruction, Outcomes of Education
Seufert, Tina; Wagner, Felix; Westphal, Julia – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2017
In some cases difficult-to-read learning materials lead to better performance than easy to-read materials. This phenomenon is called the disfluency effect and is attributed to a subjective feeling of task difficulty resulting in a deeper learning approach. In two studies (n[subscript 1] = 67, n[subscript 2] = 73) we investigated the impact of…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Readability, Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes
