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doi:10.22028/D291-33097
Title: | Should learners use their hands for learning? Results from an eye‐tracking study |
Author(s): | Korbach, Andreas Ginns, Paul Brünken, Roland Park, Babette |
Language: | English |
Title: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning |
Volume: | 36 |
Issue: | 1 |
Startpage: | 102 |
Endpage: | 113 |
Publisher/Platform: | Wiley |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Free key words: | cognitive load theory embodied cognition eye‐tracking tracing gestures |
DDC notations: | 370 Education |
Publikation type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Given the widespread use of touch screen devices, the effect of the users' fingers on information processing and learning is of growing interest. The present study drew on cognitive load theory and embodied cognition perspectives to investigate the effects of pointing and tracing gestures on the surface of a multimedia learning instruction. Learning performance, cognitive load and visual attention were examined in a one‐factorial experimental design with the between‐subject factor pointing and tracing gestures. The pointing and tracing group were instructed to use their fingers during the learning phase to make connections between corresponding text and picture information, whereas the control group was instructed not to use their hands for learning. The results showed a beneficial effect of pointing and tracing gestures on learning performance, a significant shift in visual attention and deeper processing of information by the pointing and tracing group, but no effect on subjective ratings of cognitive load. Implications for future research and practice are discussed. |
DOI of the first publication: | 10.1111/jcal.12396 |
Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-330972 hdl:20.500.11880/30402 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-33097 |
ISSN: | 1365-2729 |
Date of registration: | 19-Jan-2021 |
Faculty: | HW - Fakultät für Empirische Humanwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaft |
Department: | HW - Bildungswissenschaften |
Professorship: | HW - Jun.-Prof. Dr. Babette Park HW - Prof. Dr. Roland Brünken |
Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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