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Gestures and mental models: A triple coding hypothesis
| Title: | Gestures and mental models: A triple coding hypothesis. |
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| Name(s): |
Austin, Maura, Author Gill, Michele, Committee Chair Sims, Valerie, Committee CoChair Verkler, Karen, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2015 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Gestures and speech have been intertwined since the beginning of human communication. Recently the role of gestures in cognition and learning has become a topic of interest in both cognitive and educational psychology. Some researchers have speculated that gestures inherently communicate information that is not provided in purely verbal communication, and that this supplemental information can lead to more thorough mental models in the receiver by acting on a physical/motor modality in addition to the two modalities proposed in the dual code hypothesis. To further understand this issue, in this study, we examined the effects of watching a gesturing or a non-gesturing lecturer on the learner's cognitive load and mental model development. The results have implications for cognitive psychology as well as educational psychology, particularly in multimedia learning. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0005760 (IID), ucf:50083 (fedora) | |
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2015-08-01 M.A. Education and Human Performance, Teaching, Learning and Leadership Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | learning -- multimedia -- gestures -- mental models -- cognitive load -- dual-code hypothesis | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005760 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2015-08-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
