Cueing animations: Dynamic signaling aids information extraction and comprehension

The effectiveness of animations containing two novel forms of animation cueing that target relations between event units rather than individual entities was compared with that of animations containing conventional entity-based cueing or no cues. These relational event unit cues (progressive path and...

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Main Authors: Boucheix, J., Lowe, Richard, Putri, D., Groff, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3517
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author Boucheix, J.
Lowe, Richard
Putri, D.
Groff, J.
author_facet Boucheix, J.
Lowe, Richard
Putri, D.
Groff, J.
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description The effectiveness of animations containing two novel forms of animation cueing that target relations between event units rather than individual entities was compared with that of animations containing conventional entity-based cueing or no cues. These relational event unit cues (progressive path and local coordinated cues) were specifically designed to support key learning processes posited by the Animation Processing Model (Lowe & Boucheix, 2008). Four groups of undergraduates (N = 84) studied a user-controllable animation of a piano mechanism and then were assessed for mental model quality (via a written comprehension test) and knowledge of the mechanism's dynamics (via a novel non-verbal manipulation test). Time-locked eye tracking was used to characterize participants' obedience to cues (initial engagement versus ongoing loyalty) across the learning period. For both output measures, participants in the two relational event unit cueing conditions were superior to those in the entity-based and uncued conditions. Time-locked eye tracking analysis of cue obedience revealed that initial cue engagement did not guarantee ongoing cue loyalty. The findings suggest that the Animation Processing Model provides a principled basis for designing more effective animation support.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-35172019-02-19T05:34:53Z Cueing animations: Dynamic signaling aids information extraction and comprehension Boucheix, J. Lowe, Richard Putri, D. Groff, J. Cue obedience Animation processing model Time-locked data Event cueing Eye tracking The effectiveness of animations containing two novel forms of animation cueing that target relations between event units rather than individual entities was compared with that of animations containing conventional entity-based cueing or no cues. These relational event unit cues (progressive path and local coordinated cues) were specifically designed to support key learning processes posited by the Animation Processing Model (Lowe & Boucheix, 2008). Four groups of undergraduates (N = 84) studied a user-controllable animation of a piano mechanism and then were assessed for mental model quality (via a written comprehension test) and knowledge of the mechanism's dynamics (via a novel non-verbal manipulation test). Time-locked eye tracking was used to characterize participants' obedience to cues (initial engagement versus ongoing loyalty) across the learning period. For both output measures, participants in the two relational event unit cueing conditions were superior to those in the entity-based and uncued conditions. Time-locked eye tracking analysis of cue obedience revealed that initial cue engagement did not guarantee ongoing cue loyalty. The findings suggest that the Animation Processing Model provides a principled basis for designing more effective animation support. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3517 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2012.11.005 Pergamon fulltext
spellingShingle Cue obedience
Animation processing model
Time-locked data
Event cueing
Eye tracking
Boucheix, J.
Lowe, Richard
Putri, D.
Groff, J.
Cueing animations: Dynamic signaling aids information extraction and comprehension
title Cueing animations: Dynamic signaling aids information extraction and comprehension
title_full Cueing animations: Dynamic signaling aids information extraction and comprehension
title_fullStr Cueing animations: Dynamic signaling aids information extraction and comprehension
title_full_unstemmed Cueing animations: Dynamic signaling aids information extraction and comprehension
title_short Cueing animations: Dynamic signaling aids information extraction and comprehension
title_sort cueing animations: dynamic signaling aids information extraction and comprehension
topic Cue obedience
Animation processing model
Time-locked data
Event cueing
Eye tracking
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3517