The multimedia learning module advantage over the textbook persists on a retention test administered two weeks after the lessons¶

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q2 i2 On the 32-question Retention Test given about two weeks after the lessons, the MLM group scored about 13% higher than the Textbook group (adjusted effect size 0.7, p < 0.01). → Stelzer 2008

Evidence¶

Stelzer 2008¶

Stelzer, Gladding, Mestre, and Brookes. (2008). Comparing the efficacy of multimedia modules with traditional textbooks for learning introductory physics content. https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.0405 doi:10.48550/arxiv.0806.0405

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Retention Test administered about two weeks after the lessons to the same 45 completers; ANCOVA with Physics 211 exam scores as covariate. The article reports the MLM group's "average score of 70%" versus the Textbook group's raw 57%, adjusted to 58%, with adjusted effect size 0.7 and p < 0.01.

"with an average score of 70% compared with the Textbook group’s raw average of 57%, which gets adjusted to 58% based on their mechanics hour exam performance. The adjusted effect size is 0.7 with p < 0.01."

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