How to Get Better: Taking Notes Mediates the Effect of a Video Tutorial on Number Series

Abstract

In recent studies, test-score increases have been shown in rule-based intelligence test tasks, such as number series, after watching a corresponding video tutorial. An open question remains regarding the mechanisms involved. Specifically, taking notes to describe the relations between numbers might be linked to test scores, and is hypothesized to mediate the effect of a number series video tutorial on number series test scores. Therefore, an experimental group (EG) watching a number series video tutorial (n = 58) was compared with a control group (CG) watching an irrelevant tutorial (n = 52) before working on number series items. Results revealed higher number series scores in the EG than the CG (d = .48), more items with provided notes in the EG than in the CG (d = .41), and substantial correlations between the number of items with notes and the number series sum scores in both groups (EG: r = .66; CG: r = .75). The effect of the video tutorial on the number series sum score was mediated by the number of items with notes (indirect effect = 3.41, SE = 1.74). Theoretical and practical implications as well as future research directions are discussed.

Development and Implementation of Learning Videos in Health, Sport, Physical Education to Improve Learning Interest and Perseverance Character of High School Students

“…Learning video media is a type of audio/visual media that presents lesson messages in the form of teaching materials in the form of images and sounds to improve students' understanding (Linggarsari 2021;Indrawati, 2021;. Learning videos are communicative learning media and can be repeated as needed, making it easier for students to understand the subject matter (Nurdin 2019;Yudianto 2017;Schneider and Sparfeldt 2021). That way the learning video media is often applied in the Health, Sport, and Physical Education learning process indirectly.…”