Multimedia resource use behaviour and learning outcomes

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Publication Title

Learning Research and Practice

Abstract

This research examined how spatial ability, sex, and cognitive styles associate with self-directed multimedia resource use (study 1) and learning outcomes (study 2). In study 1, three learning resource options were offered: two unimodal (text-only and labelled-picture) and one multimodal (picture-with-narration). Findings revealed that lower spatial ability associated with multimodal resource use and that verbalizers also used more picture-containing resources. In study 2, learning outcomes with multimodal resources were associated most significantly with spatial ability followed by sex. These studies offer unique empirical evidence that while spatial ability and cognitive style associate with self-directed resource use, spatial ability and sex associate with multimedia learning outcomes.

Volume Number

10

Issue Number

1

First Page

58

Last Page

74

DOI

10.1080/23735082.2023.2270582

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