Effects of Simplified Ancillary Representations and Cues on Learning from Animation

Effects of novel presentation formats on learning from animation were tested in 2 experiments. Experiment 1 recruited Johnson Laird’s notions about simplification in mental model building and compared sequential combinations of different formats (static and animated) versus repeated presentation of...

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Main Authors: Putri, D., Boucheix, J., Lowe, Richard
Other Authors: Erica de Vries
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Universite Pierre-Mendes-France 2012
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Online Access:http://earlisig2-2012.upmf-grenoble.fr/UserFiles/EARLI_SIG2_Proceedings_2012.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42126
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author Putri, D.
Boucheix, J.
Lowe, Richard
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description Effects of novel presentation formats on learning from animation were tested in 2 experiments. Experiment 1 recruited Johnson Laird’s notions about simplification in mental model building and compared sequential combinations of different formats (static and animated) versus repeated presentation of single formats. Comprehension measures indicated that despite participant’s mental model quality being significantly higher for the static-animated sequence, mental model scores were relatively low. Experiment 2 aimed to raise mental model quality by adding a new form of entity cueing in which functionally important aspects were cued via coloured tokens. Although eye movement data indicated the cues were effective in directing learners’ attention they did not result in further improvements in mental model quality.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-421262023-02-07T08:01:21Z Effects of Simplified Ancillary Representations and Cues on Learning from Animation Putri, D. Boucheix, J. Lowe, Richard Erica de Vries Katharina Scheiter mental model building animation token cueing simplified representation eye tracking Effects of novel presentation formats on learning from animation were tested in 2 experiments. Experiment 1 recruited Johnson Laird’s notions about simplification in mental model building and compared sequential combinations of different formats (static and animated) versus repeated presentation of single formats. Comprehension measures indicated that despite participant’s mental model quality being significantly higher for the static-animated sequence, mental model scores were relatively low. Experiment 2 aimed to raise mental model quality by adding a new form of entity cueing in which functionally important aspects were cued via coloured tokens. Although eye movement data indicated the cues were effective in directing learners’ attention they did not result in further improvements in mental model quality. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42126 http://earlisig2-2012.upmf-grenoble.fr/UserFiles/EARLI_SIG2_Proceedings_2012.pdf Universite Pierre-Mendes-France restricted
spellingShingle mental model building
animation
token cueing
simplified representation
eye tracking
Putri, D.
Boucheix, J.
Lowe, Richard
Effects of Simplified Ancillary Representations and Cues on Learning from Animation
title Effects of Simplified Ancillary Representations and Cues on Learning from Animation
title_full Effects of Simplified Ancillary Representations and Cues on Learning from Animation
title_fullStr Effects of Simplified Ancillary Representations and Cues on Learning from Animation
title_full_unstemmed Effects of Simplified Ancillary Representations and Cues on Learning from Animation
title_short Effects of Simplified Ancillary Representations and Cues on Learning from Animation
title_sort effects of simplified ancillary representations and cues on learning from animation
topic mental model building
animation
token cueing
simplified representation
eye tracking
url http://earlisig2-2012.upmf-grenoble.fr/UserFiles/EARLI_SIG2_Proceedings_2012.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42126