The Underlying Cognitive Processes of Collaborative Learning From Text and Pictures

• In Event: Poster Session 9
  In Poster Session: Learning and Motivation in Education

Abstract

This study focused on the cognitive processes involved in multimedia learning, both individually and collaboratively. We designed a task in which learners actively engage with text and pictures in a lesson, followed by a test of knowledge gained from the task. During the task, think-aloud protocols were collected. Preliminary results show that learners actively engage in cognitive processes that are thought to be essential to learning from text and pictures: selecting, organizing, and integrating (Mayer, 2009). The verbal protocol allows for a more detailed task analysis of these processes, as well as a correlational analysis between engagement in these steps and test performance. Furthermore, while individuals and collaborating learners scored similarly on the knowledge test, their metacognitive strategies differed drastically.

Authors

• Krista E. DeLeeuw, Knowledge Media Research Center

• Katharina Scheiter, Knowledge Media Research Center

• Friedrich Hesse, Knowledge Media Research Center