An authentic (greenhouse) video setting improves retention but not application of instructional video content in Experiment 1¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? An authentic setting produced a beneficial effect on retention of the video content. → Merkt 2020 q3 i? The authentic setting showed no beneficial effect on application of the video content. → Merkt 2020

Evidence¶

Merkt 2020¶

Merkt, M., Lux, S., Hoogerheide, V., van Gog, T., & Schwan, S. (2020). A Change of Scenery: Does the Setting of an Instructional Video Affect Learning? Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000414

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Experiment 1 compared learning from a video about floral diagrams and floral formulas shot in an authentic (greenhouse) versus a neutral (white wall) setting. The article reports "a beneficial effect of the authentic setting on retention, but not on the application of the video content."

"Results showed a beneficial effect of the authentic setting on retention, but not on the application of the video content."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Domain Context — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it
• Long-Term Memory — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• In Experiment 2 the authentic-setting effect on retention did not replicate and reinstating the setting as a test background produced no context effects — related