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Integrating information: A meta-analysis of the spatial contiguity and temporal contiguity effects
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“Extraneous load can be reduced, for example, by the use of goal-free tasks (Ayres, 1993), worked examples (Renkl, 2002) and completion tasks (Van Merrienboer, Schuurman, de Croock, & Paas, 2002), by integrating different sources of information (Ginns, 2006), by using multiple modalities (Ginns, 2005), and by reducing redundancy (Diao & Sweller, 2007).”
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- Authors
- Ginns, P.
- Affiliations
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Ginns, Paul
- ORCID
- Ginns, Paul
- Venue
- Learning and Instruction
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-12
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 511-525
- ISSN
- 0959-4752 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2094955066
- Semantic Scholar
- a0832e3feb0d2872dfd24c0800d23717a70f7921
- Cited by
- 403
- References
- 72
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- FWCI
- 0.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Learning and Instruction (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Social Sciences › Education › Online and Blended Learning
- Keywords
- spatial contiguity, temporal contiguity, split-attention effect, instructional design, learning gains, multimedia learning
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