Learning from visual displays often yields disappointing outcomes because displays pose substantial demands on learners¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Visual displays have great potential to foster learning, but they also pose substantial demands on learners so that actual learning outcomes are often disappointing. → Renkl 2017

Evidence¶

Renkl 2017¶

Renkl, A., & Scheiter, K. (2017). Studying Visual Displays: How to Instructionally Support Learning. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-015-9340-4

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The review's framing statement, based on its synthesis of the literature on learning from visual displays: displays "pose substantial demands on learners" and "the actual learning outcomes are often disappointing." No effect size is printed for this overall assessment.

"Although visual displays have great potential to foster learning, they also pose substantial demands on learners so that the actual learning outcomes are often disappointing."

Discussion¶

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