The present article reviews 42 studies investigating the role of sequencing of text and
pictures for learning outcomes. Whereas several of the reviewed studies revealed better …

Crowdfunding platforms offer promising opportunities for project founders to publish their
project ideas and to collect money in order to be able to realize them. Consequently, the …

We investigated whether individuals construct either two interconnected mental
representations or a single mental representation that merges information from two …

Актуальность исследования. Технический прогресс затрагивает все сферы
жизнедеятельности человека, в том числе и современное образование. В связи с …

Comprehension of graphics can be considered as a process of schema-mediated structure
mapping from external graphics on internal mental models. Two experiments were …

Successful explanations are a symphony of gesture, language, and props. Here, we show
how they are orchestrated in an experiment in which students explained complex systems to …

The question of the relationship between gesture production and mental models was
explored in three experiments focusing on inference making when learning from reading a …

In addition to acquiring a solid foundation of clinical knowledge and skills, nursing students
making the transition from lay person to health professional must adopt new conceptual …

Children are often-overlooked receivers of medical information, and little research
addresses their information needs. However, young children are capable of understanding …

The present investigation was designed to determine the effects of metaphorical graphics on
learning from an expository text. The graphics were designed to function as metaphorical …