Title
The modality effect in multimedia learning: theoretical and empirical limitations
Abstract
Numerous studies in the field of multimedia learning have confirmed the modality principle, which claims that the presentation of pictures with auditory texts leads to better learning outcomes than the presentation of pictures with visual text. However, there are still some doubts concerning the theoretical explanation and the boundary conditions of the modality principle. An overview is given with regard to these two points. Furthermore, two experiments are reported, which aimed at clarifying the theoretical explanation (Experiment 1) and the boundary conditions of the modality effect (Experiment 2). Experiment 1 was conducted to test whether the modality effect occurs irrespective of the temporal contiguity of text and pictures. In Experiment 2, it was investigated, if the modality principle also holds for longer, complex texts and if the time available for information processing acts as a moderating variable.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2008
ICLS (2)
theoretical explanation,modality effect,boundary condition,visual text,complex text,modality principle,better learning outcome,auditory text,empirical limitation,numerous study,information processing act
Field
DocType
Citations 
Modality effect,Moderation,Contiguity,Information processing,Psychology,Multimedia
Conference
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.53
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Anne Schueler110.53
Katharina Scheiter223130.32
Peter Gerjets332843.56
Ralf Rummer4375.93