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Animation as an Aid to Multimedia Learning
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Animations can help learners understand a number of phenomena if they follow certain principles.
“Animations can help learners to understand a number of phenomena if they follow certain principles36.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mayer, R. E., & Moreno, R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mayer, Richard E.
- ORCID
- Mayer, Richard E.
- Venue
- Educational Psychology Review
- Published
- 2002-03
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 87-99
- ISSN
- 1040-726X (ISSN-L)
- 1573-336X
- OpenAlex
- W2109483618
- Cited by
- 749
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 37 · 2015: 45 · 2014: 36 · 2013: 52 · 2012: 32
- FWCI
- 16.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Educational Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- 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
- animation, multimedia learning, cognitive theory of multimedia learning, scientific explanation, mathematical explanation, narration, spatial contiguity, temporal contiguity, coherence, modality, redundancy, personalization, learner comprehension
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