A Split Attention Effect in Multimedia Learning: Evidence for Dual Processing Systems in Working Memory, written by Robert E. Mayer and Roxana Moreno, discusses a study that tested students’ ability to successfully and effectively process information from two different stimuli at once. Mayer and Moreno found that students were able to perform better on recall tests when presented with an auditory list of instructions rather than a visual one. The purpose of the study, according to Mayer and Moreno, was to “...contribute to multimedia learning theory by testing a dual-processing theory of working memory” (Mayer & Moreno, 1998). They tested this through two separate experiments. In the first experiment, Mayer and Moreno hypothesized that the
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Forty were in the auditory narration group, and thirty-eight were in the auditory text group. None of the participants had any experience in meteorology. The materials for this experiment consisted of two computer programs. The first computer program contained an animation that illustrated the formation of lightning, paired simultaneously with an auditory explanation of the formation of lighting, presented to the auditory narration group (AN). The second computer program also contained an animation of the formation of lighting, but instead of an auditory explanation, it was paired with a timed, visual text explanation, which was presented to the auditory text group (AT). There were also four different paper materials presented; one questionnaire, to be completed before the start of the experiment, one retention test, one matching test, and one transfer test, which was four pages in …show more content…
Instead of seventy-eight college students, however, the participants were sixty-eight college students. These students had little to no knowledge of car mechanics. Thirty-four students were in the AN group, and thirty-four were in the AT group. As in the first experiment, participants were each given a questionnaire to fill out prior to the start of the experiment.There were two computer programs, each with a multimedia presentation installed. Also as before, one program had information presented visually, and another had information presented
Forty were in the auditory narration group, and thirty-eight were in the auditory text group. None of the participants had any experience in meteorology. The materials for this experiment consisted of two computer programs. The first computer program contained an animation that illustrated the formation of lightning, paired simultaneously with an auditory explanation of the formation of lighting, presented to the auditory narration group (AN). The second computer program also contained an animation of the formation of lighting, but instead of an auditory explanation, it was paired with a timed, visual text explanation, which was presented to the auditory text group (AT). There were also four different paper materials presented; one questionnaire, to be completed before the start of the experiment, one retention test, one matching test, and one transfer test, which was four pages in …show more content…
Instead of seventy-eight college students, however, the participants were sixty-eight college students. These students had little to no knowledge of car mechanics. Thirty-four students were in the AN group, and thirty-four were in the AT group. As in the first experiment, participants were each given a questionnaire to fill out prior to the start of the experiment.There were two computer programs, each with a multimedia presentation installed. Also as before, one program had information presented visually, and another had information presented