| Goal |
Principle |
Description
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| Basic principle |
Multimedia Principle |
People learn better from words and pictures than from words alone
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Multiple Representation Principle |
Using diverse representations of information that help students learn more effectively
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Expertise Reversal Principle |
Instructional guidance beneficial for novice learners can become redundant or detrimental for more knowledgeable learners' processing
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| Minimize extraneous processing |
Coherence principle |
Eliminate extraneous material
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Signaling Principle |
Highlight essential material
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Redundancy Principle |
Do not add printed text to spoken text
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Spatial Contiguity Principle |
Do not add printed text to spoken text
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Temporal contiguity principle |
Present narration and corresponding graphic simultaneously
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| Manage essential processing |
Segmenting principle |
Break presentation into parts
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Pre-training Principle |
Describe names and characteristics of key elements before the lesson
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Modality Principle |
Use spoken rather than printed text
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| Fostering Generative Processing |
Multimedia principle |
Use words and pictures rather than words alone
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Personalization principle |
Put words in conversational style
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Voice Principle |
Use human voice for spoken words
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Embodiment principle |
Give onscreen characters human-like gestures
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Emotion Design principle |
Make onscreen elements prime positive emotion
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Generative Activity principle |
Provide prompts for learning strategies
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Guided discovery principle |
Provide hints and feedback as learner solves problems
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Mapping principle |
Ask learners to create a graphic organizer or concept map
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Self-Explanation Principle |
Ask learners to explain a lesson to themselves
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Drawing principle |
Ask learners to make drawings for the lesson
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Imagination principle |
Ask learners to imagine drawings for the lesson
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