Cognitive Psychology of College Students in Dance Course Under the Multimedia Teaching Mode

Abstract

Dancing helps to cultivate the aesthetic judgement and enhance physical quality of college students. The application of multimedia can make dance teaching more attractive and targeted. This paper mainly studies the cognitive psychology of college students in dance course under the mode of multimedia teaching. Firstly, the author summed up the advantages of multimedia teaching in dance course. Next, the heart rate indices of students were measured in the traditional teaching mode and the multimedia teaching mode. The measured results of the two teaching modes were compared in details. The results show that college students under multimedia teaching mode had smaller cognitive load, easier learning and better performance than those under traditional teaching mode; it is also observed that the multimedia teaching mode aroused greater interests and prolonged the period of efficient learning than the traditional teaching mode. The research results provide new insights into the dance teaching to college students.