Modality effect
Overview
- Influence: Modality effect
- Domain: Student Learning Strategies
- Sub-Domain: Learning strategies
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
- Influence Definition: The modality effect is used to refer to how learner performance depends on the presentation mode of the studied item. For example, it suggests that learning will be improved when textual information is presented in an auditory format with accompanying visual materials, such as a graph, diagram, or animation.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 2
- Number of studies: 78
- Number of students: 3,222
- Number of effects: 125
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.55
- Robustness index: 2
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning and Instruction | Ginns | Australia | Meta-Analysis of the Modality Effect | 2005 | Modality effect: graphic visually, text auditory | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0.72 |
| Journal of Psycholinguistic Research | Reinwein | Canada | Does the modality effect exist? And if so, which modality effect? | 2012 | Modality effect: graphic visually, text auditory | 39 | 3,222 | 86 | 0.38 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 78 | 3,222 | 125 | 0.55 | |||||