Effect of self pacing in learning from multimedia
LE3 .A278 2010
2010
Major, Sonya
Acadia University
Bachelor of Science
Honours
Psychology
An experiment was conducted to examine the effect of self- pacing on learning from video. University students watched videos that described a concept ( volcanic eruption), a sequential concept ( mitosis) and a procedure ( knot- tying). Participants were randomly assigned to a condition in which they were able to pause and move around to different parts of the video, while others were assigned to watch the video in its entirety without any control of the pace of presentation. Participants were tested on the material they learned in the video by means of retention and transfer scales for learning of the volcano and mitosis concepts and success and time taken to complete the knot. It was found that there was no effect of self- pacing on any of the tasks, but there were trends that indicated a negative relationship between self- pacing behavior and performance. This suggests that the relationship between self- pacing and learning is not straightforward.
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