Abstract
This study attempted to optimize a computer-based learning environment designed to teach learners how to solve word problems by incorporating an animated pedagogical agent. The agent was programmed to deliver instructional explanations either textually or aurally, while simultaneously using gaze and gesture to direct the learners to focus their attention on the relevant part of the example. In Experiment 1, learners presented with an agent delivering explanations aurally (voice plus agent) outperformed their control peers on measures of transfer. In Experiment 2, learners in the voice-plus-agent condition outperformed their peers presented with textual explanations on a variety of measures, including far transfer. In sum, an animated agent programmed to deliver instructions aurally can help optimize learning from examples.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 416-427 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Educational Psychology |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Optimizing learning from examples using animated pedagogical agents. / Atkinson, Robert.
In: Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. 94, No. 2, 2002, p. 416-427.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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