The Split-Attention Principle in Multimedia Learning

Question 1

The split-attention principle states that in the design of instruction, including multimedia instruction, it is important to avoid materials that require learners to split their attention between, and ________, multiple sources of information.

Answer 1

mentally integrate

Question 2

Materials should be formatted so that disparate sources of information are ___________, thus obviating the need for learners to engage in mental integration

Answer 2

physically and temporally integrated

Question 3

Eliminating the need to mentally integrate multiple sources of information reduces __________and frees resources for learning.

Answer 3

extraneous cognitive load

Question 4

The ___________occurs when learners studying integrated information outperform learners studying the same information presented in split-attention format.

Answer 4

split-attention effect

Question 5

The split attention effect requires the multiple sources of information to be _______ in isolation,

Answer 5

unintelligible

Question 6

These findings led Mayer (2001) to formulate the __________: ‘Students learn better ‘when corresponding words and pictures are presented near rather than far from each other on the page or screen’ (p. 81)

Answer 6

spatial contiguity principle

Question 7

________ ~ that is, the simultaneous presentation of multiple sources of information that must otherwise be mentally integrated before they can be understood ~ should reduce the need for ‘mental integration and so reduce extraneous cognitive load.

Answer 7

Temporal integration

Question 8

The __________ occurs when learning is reduced as a result of transient information disappearing before the learner has time to adequately process it,

Answer 8

transient information effect