DHH students suggest applying spatial contiguity between interpreter and visuals to reduce split attention¶
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q2 i? Respondent comments suggested applying spatial contiguity to the interpreter and visuals, such as overlaying the signing with the presentation slides, to mitigate unproductive scanning between concurrent visual inputs. → Gehret 2025
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Gehret 2025¶
Gehret, A. U., & Elliot, L. B. (2025). Perceptions of e-learning by deaf and hard of hearing students using asynchronous multimedia tutorials. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-025-10476-z
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A few student comments indicated a preference to overlay the signing with the visuals, touching on the notion of contiguity invoked in CTML by both spatial and temporal considerations.
"A few student comments indicated a preference to overlay the signing with the visuals; these comments touch on the notion of contiguity which is invoked in CTML by both spatial and temporal considerations."
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Related Claims¶
- DHH students' communication preferences partly predict which multimedia tutorial features they attend to — related
- Presentation slide visuals were the feature most cited by DHH students for facilitating learning — related
- Split Attention Effect Degrades Learning — a broader claim this one bears on
- Cognitive Load Reduction Improves Learning — a broader claim this one bears on
- Contiguity effects show no statistically reliable difference between static and dynamic presentation of visual information — related
- Temporal contiguity of simultaneous visual, spoken, and signed events may be unfavorable for DHH students — related
- DHH students' feedback suggests the coherence principle is important to reduce visual distraction — related
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