Mapping Levels of Processing in Learning From Video: A Trace Data Study Followed by a Cued Recall

• In Event: Using Mixed-Methods Research in Higher Education

Abstract

Current research on levels of processing has focused on learning from text with the use of self-report instruments. Contrasting this is the limited research using more online measures, especially in the context of learning from video. Our experiment used trace-data, corroborated by a cued-retrospective recall, to map differences in processing while learning from video based on earlier eye-tracking research. Results suggest that students in the deep condition looked longer at sequences containing key information and processed details and key information in a deeper way. Students in the surface condition looked longer at factual knowledge while also repeating these sequences more. The combination of trace-data and recall-data proved to be promising since not all differences regarding processing are present in trace-data.

Authors

• Marijn Gijsen, Universiteit Antwerpen

• Leen Catrysse, Open University

• Sven De Maeyer, University of Antwerp

• David Gijbels, University of Antwerp