Basic DCT mechanisms can be used to model diverse educational phenomena¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r? · q2
Currency · newest study 1991 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 1994: tool and model accuracy changes quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The basic mechanisms of dual coding theory can be used to model a range of educational phenomena, including knowledge representation and comprehension, learning and memory, instruction, motivation, anxiety, and motor skill learning. → Clark 1991

Evidence¶

Clark 1991¶

Clark, J. M., & Paivio, A. (1991). Dual coding theory and education. Educational Psychology Review, 3(3), 149–210. doi:10.1007/bf01320076

q2 · i? · review · r?

The article describes its methodological approach in a narrative review: after presenting the theory's premises, the authors show how "the basic DCT mechanisms can be used to model diverse educational phenomena." This is the article's own characterization of its modeling enterprise, not a measured comparison.

"We first describe the underlying premises of the theory and then show how the basic DCT mechanisms can be used to model diverse educational phenomena."

Discussion¶

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