Can Body Tracing and Hand Tracing Make Any Differences?

• In Event: Educational Interventions

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate a) whether the effects of hand tracing and whole-body tracing reported in the literature could be extended to adults, and b) the relative superiority of whole-body tracing over hand tracing on learning outcomes, cognitive load, and intrinsic motivation. A total of 78 college students were randomly assigned to three conditions: body tracing (n = 25), hand tracing (n = 25), and no tracing (n = 28). The results revealed beneficial effects of body tracing on germane load, extraneous load, interest, and self-monitoring, some of which were dependent upon learners’ perceived difficulty and invested effort. These findings were discussed within the framework of cognitive load theory and embodied cognition theory.

Author

• Lijia Lin, University of Macau
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