When redundant on-screen text in multimedia technical instruction can interfere with learning

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 567-581

  Kalyuga, Slava ^a   Chandler, Paul ^a   Sweller, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DEMONSTRATIONS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TEXTBOOKS;

LOAD THEORY; ON-SCREEN TEXT; WORKING MEMORY;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; COGNITION; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MENTAL LOAD; MULTIMEDIA; THEORY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MULTIMEDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 8644233388     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.3.567.50405     Document Type: Article

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