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- | ====== The Spatial Contiguity Principle ====== | ||
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- | ===== Theory ===== | ||
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- | The spatial contiguity principle suggests that related information sources should be spatially integrated in order to reduce attention-splitting and facilitate learning. | ||
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- | ===== Practice ===== | ||
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- | [[http://eet.sdsu.edu/eetwiki/index.php/Split_attention_effect|{{ :images:split_attention.jpg?450x220|Spatial contiguity principle. Image borrowed from: http://eet.sdsu.edu/eetwiki... Click on the picture to follow the link.}}]]An example of a solved mathematical problem taking into consideration and ignoring the spatial contiguity principle is presented in image on the right. Example A shows text and graph (two information sources) unintegrated, whereas example B shows same two information sources, but this time spatialy integrated. | ||
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- | ===== Research status ===== | ||
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- | Experiments have confirmed importance of this principle(([[http://visuallearningresearch.wiki.educ.msu.edu/file/view/Chandler+%26+Sweller+(1991).pdf|Chandler, P. and Sweller, J. Cognitive load theory and the format of instruction. Cognition and Instruction, 8(4), 293-332. 1991.]])) |