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- | ====== The Coherence Principle ====== | ||
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- | ===== Theory ===== | ||
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- | The coherence principle (also called //seductive details//(([[http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a783761824~frm=titlelink|Garner, Ruth, Mark G. Gillingham, and C . Stephen White. Effects of ‘Seductive Details’ on Macroprocessing and Microprocessing in Adults and Children. Cognition and Instruction 6, no. 1: 41. 1989.]])) effect) claims that extraneous material that may be interesting or motivating but is irrelevant for learning objectives generally wastes learning resources and **hinders learning of important material**. This assumption is grounded in the fact that human cognitive resources are limited. Still, [[learning_theories:cognitive load theory]] predicts this effect will only occur if the cognitive load imposed by important learning material is high enough.(([[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563210001263|Park, Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]])) | ||
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- | ===== Practice ===== | ||
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- | Seductive details can appear in virtually any format, but often as | ||
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- | * text, or | ||
- | * external links. | ||
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- | ===== Research status ===== | ||
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- | A number of studies on the effect of seductive details have demonstrated: | ||
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- | * negative effects on learning of important material((For details see: [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563210001263|Park, Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]])) | ||
- | * lack of negative effects on learning of important material.((For details see: [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563210001263|Park, Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]])) | ||
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- | Surprisingly, a recent study even found an large increase in learning due to seductive details. | ||