Using animations and visual cueing to support learning of scientific concepts and processes

Lijia Lin; Robert K. Atkinson

Computers & Education Vol. 56, No. 3 (April 2011) pp. 650–658

The purpose of the study is to investigate the potential benefits of using animation, visual cueing, and their combination in a multimedia environment designed to support learners’ acquisition and retention of scientific concepts and processes....

Language: English

Animated agents and learning: Does the type of verbal feedback they provide matter?

Lijia Lin; Robert K. Atkinson; Robert M. Christopherson; Stacey S. Joseph; Caroline J. Harrison

Computers & Education Vol. 67, No. 1 (September 2013) pp. 239–249

The current study was conducted to investigate the effects of an animated agent's presence and different types of feedback on learning, motivation and cognitive load in a multimedia-learning environment designed to teach science content....

Language: English

Example-Based Learning: Exploring the Use of Matrices and Problem Variability

Mary A. Hancock-Niemic; Lijia Lin; Robert K. Atkinson; Alexander Renkl; Joerg Wittwer

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 64, No. 1 (2016) pp. 115–136

The purpose of the study was to investigate the efficacy of using faded worked examples presented in matrices with problem structure variability to enhance learners' ability to recognize the underlying structure of the problems. Specifically, this...

Effects of Visual Cues and Self-Explanation Prompts: Empirical Evidence in a Multimedia Environment

Lijia Lin; Robert K. Atkinson; Wilhelmina C. Savenye; Brian C. Nelson

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 24, No. 4 (2016) pp. 799–813

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of visual cues and different types of self-explanation prompts on learning, cognitive load, and intrinsic motivation in an interactive multimedia environment that was designed to deliver a...