COGNITIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL EFFECTS OF MULTIMEDIA-BASED HISTORY LEARNING ON STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT LEARNING APPROACHES
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2002-05
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CHING, HII SII
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This study examined the cognitive and motivational effects oftwo modes of
multimedia presentation, namely multiple-channel presentation (MCP) and single-channel
presentation (SCP) on students of different learning approaches. The multimedia
courseware was systematically designed and developed by the researcher using
Macromedia Authorware Attain 5 as the authoring tool.
A 2 x 2 quasi-experimental design was used in this study. The independent
variables were the two modes of multimedia presentation (MCP and SCP). The moderator
variables were the learning approaches ofthe students. The dependent variables were the
learning gain of the learners and the motivational effects of the two presentation modes.
The samples consisted of240 F9rm One students from four Malaysian schools.
Findings. of this study showed that students who received the MCP mode obtained
significantly higher gain score compared to students who received the SCP mode. Deep
approaches students obtained higher gain score compared to students with surface
approaches in both presentation modes. No significant interaction effects of learning gain
were found between the presentation modes and the learning approaches of the students.
Findings ofthis study also showed that students who received the MCP mode
obtained significantly higher motivational score compared to students whoreceived the
SCP mode. Deep approaches students obtained significantly higher motivational score
compared to students with surface approaches in both presentation modes. There were
significant interaction effects of motivational scores between the presentation mode and the
learning approaches ofthe students.
The results of this study were supportive ofthe positive value ofthe MCP effect in
history learning. Implications ofthis study indicated that appropriate use of multimediabased
history learning with adequate channel (media attributes) has the potential for
significantly improving the cognitive and motivational achievement of the students.
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COGNITIVE AND MOTIVATIONAL EFFECTS OF MULTIMEDIA-BASED