Learning of Redundant Materials Presented Through One Versus Two Sensory Modalities

Abstract

The relative effectiveness of instruction presented over one versus two communication channels was investigated. Subjects were 36 undereducated adults, and the instructional software consisted of a computer assisted instruction program in numeration. The instructional delivery mechanism was an IBM 1500 instructional system. Subjects instructed through one sensory modality (visual) learned more than did subjects instructed through two modalities (visual and auditory), although the difference between amount learned for both groups was not significant.

Amount Learned: An Empirical Basis for Grading Teachers and Students

“…gramming methodology (Floyd & Lumsden, 1973), and to computer assisted instruction (Klement, Lumsden & Shearon, 1973); Lumsden & Vollum, 1974). The present effort was to study the applicability of this approach for evaluating college professors, their courses and students.…”

Improving orientation in head injured adults by repeated practice, multi sensory input and peer participation

“…The application of multi-sensory input as a clinical procedure is based on the research literature of other disciplines like Brain Inj Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by McMaster University on 12/04/14 educational psychology. For example, there is a great deal of literature documenting the use of multi-sensory stimulation to increase learning of nonsense syllables and redundant materials [16], to increase short-term memory [17], to increase perceptual learning [18] and to enhance overall learning [19].…”