Drawing support increased rather than decreased perceived difficulty, indicating cognitive overload¶

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q3 i2 The control condition reported significantly lower perceived difficulty than the global and local support conditions, and no support reported less difficulty than global support (partial η2 = 0.10). → Steffen P. Schmidgall 2020

Evidence¶

Steffen P. Schmidgall 2020¶

Steffen P. Schmidgall, Katharina Scheiter, Alexander Eitel. (2020). Can we further improve tablet-based drawing to enhance learning? An empirical test of two types of support. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-020-09513-6

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ANCOVA on perceived difficulty (extraneous cognitive load) with prior knowledge as covariate, F(3,151) = 5.29, partial η2 = 0.10. The article reports that "the control condition reported statistically significantly lower values of perceived difficulty" than global and local support, and that no support reported less difficulty than global support (SE = 0.29, p = 0.01).

"an ANCOVA with prior knowledge as covariate revealed that the experimental conditions differed statistically significantly with regard to perceived difficulty ratings, F(3,151) = 5.29, MSE = 1.61, p < 0.01, partial η2 = 0.10. Bonferroni-adjusted post-hoc multiple-comparisons showed that the control condition reported statistically significantly lower values of perceived difficulty than the global support (SE = 0.29, p < 0.001) and the local support conditions (SE = 0.29, p = 0.02)."

Discussion¶

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