The article reviews 42 studies investigating the role of sequencing of text and pictures for learning outcomes. It is not so much the sequence of text and pictures per se that affects learning outcomes than boundary conditions (i.e., type of assessed knowledge, relative complexity. The relative complexity of information conveyed by the picture and by the text should determine which medium is better to be processed first, with less complex information being processed first leading to better comprehension.
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Nick Sousanis defies conventional forms of scholarly discourse to offer readers both a stunning work of graphic art and a serious inquiry into the ways humans construct knowledge. A dissertation in a form of a comic book.
Continue ReadingThe Use of Visual and Verbal Means of Communication Across Psychological Distance
The study on the effect of distance on medium preferences in interpersonal communication. Words are preferred over richer, picture-based forms when communicating with distal others, whereas proximity cues people to use visual, imagery-based, embodied representations.
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