Relationship of Sensory Modality to Retention of Episodic Memory

Morris, Jeri; Woodworth, Craig; Swier-Vosnos, Amy; Rossini, Edward D.; Jackson, Ilana

doi:10.1080/23279095.2014.914517

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“…The present experiment did not reveal a significant preference for retention in the visual modality, because students retained information about toxicity regardless of the effect of the treatment. These results are in accordance with previous work (Taub & Kline, 1976;Mahendra et al, 2005;Morris et al, 2015) in which no differences in recall between presentation conditions (auditory, written, combined) were found. Our results suggest that oral presentation is enough for retaining information about toxicity.…”

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Learning about Mushrooms Is Influenced by Survival Processing

Fančovičová¹,

Szikhart²,

Prokop³

2020

The American Biology Teacher

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The human brain is limited by its capacity and incapable of memorizing all information. The memory system evolved to give preference to memory information related to maintaining and increasing individual fitness. We have chosen fungi, a heavily neglected area in science education research, to investigate which kind of information about mushrooms will be better retained by secondary school students. Furthermore, we investigated whether information about mushroom toxicity is better retained when presented only orally or in combination with a written text. The research sample consisted of 160 secondary school students from Slovakia. Pretest/posttest experimental between-subject and within-subject design was used to examine research questions. Data were collected through questionnaires (using a Likert response scale). We found that survival-relevant information (i.e., mushroom toxicity) was retained significantly better than survival-irrelevant information (i.e., mushroom naming and occurrence), but there were no differences in recall between the presentation conditions. Unexpectedly, male students retained information about mushroom toxicity significantly better than female students. Our results suggest that information retention by secondary school students in regard to mushrooms that cause serious poisoning is in accordance with evolutionary predictions and can be utilized by science teachers.

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Learning about Mushrooms Is Influenced by Survival Processing

Fančovičová¹,

Szikhart²,

Prokop³

2020

The American Biology Teacher

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A Panel Data Analysis of Using Multiple Content Modalities during Adaptive Learning Activities

Manly

2024

Res High Educ

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This study investigates the effect of offering multiple means of representing content, one aspect of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Students across the full range of the dis/ability spectrum all too often struggle to achieve course success. UDL-based course design promises to help students with disabilities (whether disclosed or not) as well as help all students, but research is needed to verify UDL’s specific benefits for student learning outcomes. This study aims to better understand the efficacy of representing course content using multiple means, which is one aspect of UDL pertaining to perception. Data were gathered from over 50 online courses in 14 subjects across the undergraduate curriculum taught with an adaptive learning system at a women’s institution. A panel data analysis with almost 200,000 cases of student learning activities investigated the effect of representing content in multiple ways (i.e., text, video, audio, interactive, or mixed content presentation format). When students used multiple modalities, a positive effect was found on student learning measures of knowledge gained within the adaptive system. The results have implications for future UDL-related research, as well as faculty development and curricular design.

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Relationship of Sensory Modality to Retention of Episodic Memory

Cited by 2 publications

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Learning about Mushrooms Is Influenced by Survival Processing

Learning about Mushrooms Is Influenced by Survival Processing

A Panel Data Analysis of Using Multiple Content Modalities during Adaptive Learning Activities

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