Arts and Social Sciences Journal

Herner Saeverot

Publications

• Research Article
  Multimedia vs. Analogue Text: Learning Outcome and the Importance of Short-Term Memory Capacity
  Author(s): Glenn-Egil Torgersen and Herner SaeverotGlenn-Egil Torgersen and Herner Saeverot
  
  The purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of individual differences in short term memory capacity (STM) for learning from film (digitized video) and analogue text in a natural learning environment. The results are based on a survey of 396 students on Bachelor's level (military cadets, teachers college and psychology majors). A short-term memory test battery was developed to measure different types and capacities of several individuals simultaneously in a classroom environment Alpha. Respondents were divided into two groups, one receiving a film presentation and one reading an analogue text (the film narrative). The subject matter was the formation of the Norwegian nation in the tenth and eleventh century (history subject at high school/college level). A knowledge test measuring the total learning outcome as well as details and interconnection (understandings/ context.. Read More»
  

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