Learning Theories

The modality principle¹⁾ claims that learning will be enhanced if presenting textual information in an auditory format, rather than in visual format, when it is accompanied with other visual information like a graph, diagram or animation.²⁾

A recent meta-research has examined results of 43 studies and confirmed that³⁾:

• Modality effect can be used to enhance learning
• Strength of the modality effect is moderated by the level of element interactivity of the materials.
• Strength of the modality effect is moderated by the presentation pacing: effect is stronger for system-paced materials, and weaker for self-paced materials.