The Effects of Context-Dependency of Seductive Details on Recall and Transfer in a Multimedia Learning Environment
| dc.contributor.author | Ozdemir, Devrim | en |
| dc.contributor.committeecochair | Doolittle, Peter E. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeecochair | Moore, David M. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Brill, Jennifer M. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Barksdale, Mary Alice | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Learning Sciences and Technologies | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-14T20:12:44Z | en |
| dc.date.adate | 2009-06-25 | en |
| dc.date.available | 2014-03-14T20:12:44Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-05-19 | en |
| dc.date.rdate | 2009-06-25 | en |
| dc.date.sdate | 2009-06-04 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of context-dependency of seductive details on recall and transfer in multimedia learning environments. Two experiments were conducted. In Experiment 1, the purpose was to identify context-dependent vs. context-independent seductive details in a lightning animation. Seductive details were considered as interesting yet irrelevant sentences in the narration of lightning animation. Sixty-seven undergraduate students participated in Experiment 1 and assigned interestingness scores to the 28 content irrelevant sentences. Participants were assigned to two different groups, context-dependent seductive details group (CDSD) and context-independent seductive details group (CISD). Participants in the CDSD group assigned interestingness scores after watching a lightning animation to be familiarized with the context of lightning formation. Participants in the CISD group watched a historical inquiry animation as a distraction task before assigning interestingness scores. The results of Experiment 1 revealed that 13 of 28 sentences in the lightning formation text were seductive details according to participants of the study. Ultimately, 6 of the 13 seductive details were determined to be context-dependent and 7 were determined to be seductive details were context-independent. The purpose of Experiment 2 was to investigate the effects of context-dependency of seductive details on recall and transfer in multimedia learning environments. Undergraduate students (n = 184) were randomly assigned into four groups. Participants in all groups watched a lightning animation, and performed a recall and a transfer task. The first group watched an animation that did not include any seductive details. The second group watched the animation with context-dependent seductive details only. The third group watched the animation with context-independent seductive details only. The last group watched the animation with both types of seductive details. A 2x2 ANOVA for both recall and transfer, and contrast analyses were conducted to determine the effects of context-dependency of seductive details on recall and transfer. The results indicated that there was no significant effect of context-dependency of seductive details on recall or transfer. The findings are discussed in the context of the related literature and directions for future research are suggested. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Ph. D. | en |
| dc.identifier.other | etd-06042009-092618 | en |
| dc.identifier.sourceurl | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06042009-092618/ | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27948 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.relation.haspart | Dissertation.pdf | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | multimedia learning | en |
| dc.subject | situational interest | en |
| dc.subject | seductive details | en |
| dc.subject | context-dependency | en |
| dc.subject | coherence principle | en |
| dc.title | The Effects of Context-Dependency of Seductive Details on Recall and Transfer in a Multimedia Learning Environment | en |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Curriculum and Instruction (Instructional Design and Technology) | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | doctoral | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | en |
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