APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Generative Learning Strategies That Promote Understanding of a Multimedia Lesson
- Alyssa Lawson
University of California, Santa Barbara - Richard Mayer
University of California, Santa Barbara
Abstract
Students viewed a multimedia presentation on greenhouses gases. After each of four sections, they generated an explanation, viewed an explanation, or simply went on. Students who generated explanations performed better on a comprehension test than did students who viewed an explanation. The cognitive consequences of self-explanation are discussed.
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