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The Influence of Manipulating and Accentuating Task-Irrelevant Information on Learning Efficiency: Insights for Cognitive Load Theory Cover

The Influence of Manipulating and Accentuating Task-Irrelevant Information on Learning Efficiency: Insights for Cognitive Load Theory

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|Apr 2024

Figures & Tables

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Figure 1

Variations in Task-Irrelevant Color Information Location and Salience (exemplified in English).

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Figure 2

Three Sub-Conditions of the Colored-Digit Condition (exemplified in English).

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Figure 3

Example of BCWs and Corresponding Digits (both in black ink).

Note: The words used here as examples were not used in the experiments. The three digits in italics represent the task exemplification.

Table 1

Mean Performance for Color Names (standard deviations in parentheses).

CONGRUENCYCOLORED DIGITSCOLORED BACKGROUND
Color congruent86.23 (16.47)87.00 (13.70)
Color neutral70.57 (12.87)64.13 (9.40)
Color incongruent57.60 (13.03)47.47 (8.47)
Total71.46 (12.25)66.20 (19.47)

[i] Note: Performance is the average number of correct completions minus error rates.

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Figure 4

Participants’ Performance in Experiments 1.

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Figure 5

Participants’ error rates in Experiments 1.

Table 2

Mean Performance for Color-Related Word Concepts (standard deviations in parentheses).

CONGRUENCYCOLORED DIGITSCOLORED BACKGROUND
Color congruent75.63 (14.99)92.03 (16.77)
Color neutral70.37 (14.47)75.47 (12.33)
Color incongruent63.70 (12.44)64.80 (13.29)
Total69.90 (11.66)77.43 (18.04)

[i] Note: Performance is the average number of correct completions minus error rates.

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Figure 6

Participants’ Performance in Experiment 2

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Figure 7

Participants’ error rates in Experiment 2.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.361 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 26, 2023
Accepted on: Mar 28, 2024
Published on: Apr 18, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Batel Hazan-Liran, Paul Miller, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.