Pergamon multimedia learning environment with temple reconstructions and uncertainty expressions

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

A computer-based, linear learning environment about the ancient city Pergamon used as the study material. Participants worked through "a computer-based, linear learning environment about the ancient city Pergamon and two of its most important buildings—the temple of Athena and the temple of Demeter", including pictures of reconstructions with audio explanations in which lexical hedges expressed uncertainty values of twelve architectural elements per temple, each with a scientific justification. Four picture conditions varied the uncertainty visualization: none, stop light colors, geometric contrast, or both combined.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Audio explanations with the reconstructions had to be played in full length and could not be paused; navigation backwards was not possible

Constraints

• Uncertainty values and their verbal scientific justifications were fictional, created for experimental reasons

Target Learners

• Adult participants from a broad variety of disciplines without archeology, history, or architecture background

Learning Goals

• Memory for architectural elements, uncertainty values, and their scientific justifications

Claims

• Uncertainty values of more certain elements and their verbal scientific justifications were remembered better than those of uncertain elements [+W]
• The appearance of architectural elements marked as certain is remembered better than those marked as uncertain in multimedia learning with uncertainty expressions [+W]

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Key Sources

• Glaser, M., Lengyel, D., Toulouse, C., & Schwan, S. (2022). How Do We Deal with Uncertain Information? Effects of Verbal and Visual Expressions of Uncertainty on Learning. Educational Psychology Review (2022) 34:1097–1131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09659-4

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Field	Value
type	design
id	pergamon-uncertainty-learning-environment
title	Pergamon multimedia learning environment with temple reconstructions and uncertainty expressions
description	A computer-based, linear learning environment about the ancient city Pergamon used as the study material.
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-21
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