Task difficulty strongly determined task performance: boredom conditions scored highest and overload conditions lowest in both ICL studies¶
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q2 i3 In the Tetris study, the boredom condition scored significantly higher on task performance than the flow and overload conditions. → Melina Klepsch 2020
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Melina Klepsch 2020¶
Melina Klepsch, Tina Seufert. (2020). Understanding instructional design effects by differentiated measurement of intrinsic, extraneous, and germane cognitive load. Instructional Science (2020) 48:45–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-020-09502-9
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Task performance in the Tetris study (N = 62), calculated from log files as finished lines relative to received blocks. The boredom condition outperformed both other conditions, with a main effect of F(2,59) = 86.04, p < 0.001, η2 = 0.75.
"Contrasts showed that the participants in the boredom condition scored significantly higher than participants in the flow condition (T(57) = 6.16, p < 0.001, d = 0.43) and participants in the overload condition (T(57) = 13.11, p < 0.001, d = 3.94)."
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Related Claims¶
- Variations in task difficulty are reflected in the intrinsic cognitive load scale, with boredom conditions reporting the lowest ICL — related
- An unexpected effect: task difficulty variation in the Tetris study also produced differences in reported extraneous cognitive load — related
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Task difficulty strongly determined task performance: boredom conditions scored highest and overload conditions lowest in both ICL studies |
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Task difficulty strongly determined task performance: boredom conditions scored highest and overload conditions lowest in both ICL studies |
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