Premium
Learning a procedural task: effectiveness of multimedia presentations
Author(s) -
Michas Irene C,
Berry Dianne C
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/1099-0720(200011/12)14:6<555::aid-acp677>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - coding (social sciences) , task (project management) , line drawings , contiguity , psychology , presentation (obstetrics) , multimedia , incidental learning , action (physics) , cognitive psychology , computer science , medicine , statistics , physics , mathematics , management , quantum mechanics , engineering drawing , engineering , economics , radiology , operating system
Three experiments investigated the effectiveness of presenting procedural information through different media and their combinations. Experiment 1 examined the effectiveness of text, line drawings, text and line drawings, video. and video stills for learning a first aid task. The results showed an advantage of text and line drawings and of the video presentation over the other three conditions for both bandaging performance and answering questions about the task. Experiment 2 showed that the beneficial effect of the combination of text and pictures could not be accounted for simply in terms of a dual coding explanation. Rather, the effectiveness of the media and their combinations was influenced by the extent to which they conveyed action information. Finally, Experiment 3 showed no evidence of a contiguity effect: text and pictures were as effective when presented together on the same screen as when they were presented separately. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.