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Generative learning activities for online multimedia learning: when summarizing is effective but drawing is not by Lawson, Alyssa P, Mayer, Richard E

“…The goal of this study is to determine whether two commonly used generative learning activities for text-based lessons-writing a summary or creating a…”
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How Scientific Is Cognitive Load Theory Research Compared to the Rest of Educational Psychology? by Martella, Amedee Marchand, Lawson, Alyssa P, Robinson, Daniel H

“…Cognitive load theory (CLT) has driven numerous empirical studies for over 30 years and is a major theme in many of the most cited articles published between…”
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Benefits of Writing an Explanation During Pauses in Multimedia Lessons by Lawson, Alyssa P., Mayer, Richard E.

“…Generative learning theory posits that learners engage more deeply and produce better learning outcomes when they engage in selecting, organizing, and…”
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Recognizing the emotional state of human and virtual instructors by Lawson, Alyssa P., Mayer, Richard E., Adamo-Villani, Nicoletta, Benes, Bedrich, Lei, Xingyu, Cheng, Justin

“…Students' learning from an instructional video could be affected by the instructor's emotional stance during a lesson. A first step in investigating this…”
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Individual differences in executive function affect learning with immersive virtual reality by Lawson, Alyssa P., Mayer, Richard E.

“…Background Immersive virtual reality (IVR) is a new technology that could motivate learners, but also could contain distracting elements that increase…”
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The Power of Voice to Convey Emotion in Multimedia Instructional Messages by Lawson, Alyssa P., Mayer, Richard E.

“…This study examines an aspect of the role of emotion in multimedia learning, i.e., whether participants can recognize the instructor’s positive or negative…”
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The positivity principle: do positive instructors improve learning from video lectures? by Lawson, Alyssa P., Mayer, Richard E., Adamo-Villani, Nicoletta, Benes, Bedrich, Lei, Xingyu, Cheng, Justin

“…The positivity principle states that people learn better from instructors who display positive emotions rather than negative emotions. In two experiments,…”
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Do Learners Recognize and Relate to the Emotions Displayed By Virtual Instructors? by Lawson, Alyssa P., Mayer, Richard E., Adamo-Villani, Nicoletta, Benes, Bedrich, Lei, Xingyu, Cheng, Justin

“…There has been much research on the effectiveness of animated pedagogical agents in an educational context, however there is little research about how the…”
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Confounded or Controlled? A Systematic Review of Media Comparison Studies Involving Immersive Virtual Reality for STEM Education by Lawson, Alyssa P., Martella, Amedee Marchand, LaBonte, Kristen, Delgado, Cynthia Y., Zhao, Fangzheng, Gluck, Justin A., Munns, Mitchell E., Wells LeRoy, Ashleigh, Mayer, Richard E.

“…A substantial amount of media comparison research has been conducted in the last decade to investigate whether students learn Science, Technology, Engineering,…”
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AI-Generated Virtual Instructors Based on Liked or Admired People Can Improve Motivation and Foster Positive Emotions for Learning by Pataranutaporn, Pat, Leong, Joanne, Danry, Valdemar, Lawson, Alyssa P., Maes, Pattie, Sra, Misha

“…This paper presents the results of a study with 134 participants to explore the effects of learning from an AI-generated virtual instructor that resembles a…”
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Can Preventing Calculations Help Students Learn Math? by Lawson, Alyssa P., Mirinjian, Arineh, Son, Ji Y.

“…Understanding how struggling students approach math is vital to designing effective math lessons. Many low achieving students rely on a weak knowledge of…”
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Does the emotional stance of human and virtual instructors in instructional videos affect learning processes and outcomes? by Lawson, Alyssa P., Mayer, Richard E.

“…•The instructor displayed positive or negative emotion through voice and gesture.•Students perceived the instructor's emotion and felt a similar…”
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Role of Individual Differences in Executive Function for Learning From Distracting Multimedia Lessons by Lawson, Alyssa P., Mayer, Richard E.

“…In multimedia learning, there is a lot of new information that learners are exposed to, making it a cognitively intensive process. Poorly-designed multimedia…”
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Effect of Pre-Training and Role of Working Memory Characteristics in Learning with Immersive Virtual Reality by Lawson, Alyssa P., Mayer, Richard E.

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Not All Flipped Classes are the Same: Using Learning Science to Design Flipped Classrooms by Lawson, Alyssa, Davis, Caylor, Son, Ji

“…The flipped classroom has recently become a popular method used in both higher education and K-12 classrooms, yet research has not consistently demonstrated…”
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