Transient information effect: lengthy spoken text can reverse the modality effect, while shorter spoken text restores the conventional modality advantage¶

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q2 i? Leahy and Sweller (2011) first replicated the failure to obtain the modality effect with lengthy text, obtaining a reverse modality effect with visual-only information superior to dual modality. → John Sweller 2023

Evidence¶

John Sweller 2023¶

John Sweller. (2023). The Development of Cognitive Load Theory: Replication Crises and Incorporation of Other Theories Can Lead to Theory Expansion. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09817-2

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First of two experiments by Leahy and Sweller (2011), replicating the reverse modality effect reported by Tabbers et al. (2004), in which the single modality group obtained higher test scores than the dual modality group. The article rules out redundancy as the cause; no statistics are printed in the quoted passage.

"In the first of two experiments, Leahy and Sweller (2011) replicated this failure to obtain the modality effect. It was not due to redundancy because neither Tabbers et al. nor Leahy and Sweller had used materials that incorporated redundant information."

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Related Claims¶

• The review reports that the modality effect reverses with expertise: audio-visual presentations helped inexperienced learners, but after further training a diagram-only condition showed a substantial advantage — related
• Presenting words as spoken narration rather than on-screen text alongside graphics improves learning — related
• Element interactivity and expertise reversal effects: cognitive load effects diminish and may reverse as expertise increases because known elements chunk into single elements — related
• The transient information effect states that learning from transient presentations leads to inferior learning compared to permanent presentations — a broader claim this one bears on
• The modality effect may disappear or reverse for lengthy, complex spoken text — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)