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44 - Multimedia Learning from Multiple Documents

from Part VIII - Multimedia Learning with Media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

By
Jean-François Rouet  and
Anne Britt
Edited by
Richard E. Mayer  and
Logan Fiorella
Richard E. Mayer
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Logan Fiorella
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
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Summary

Multimedia learning from multiple documents involves the construction of new knowledge, beliefs, or opinions from more than a single source of information. First, we introduce the specific discourse processes that come into play when considering multiple-source documents as opposed to single-source texts or multimedia documents. We focus on the definition and role of sources, and on the semantic and rhetorical relationships at an intertextual level. Then we examine learning from multiple documents from a cognitive standpoint. We define two core principles: the sourcing principle and the multiple document integration principle. Finally, we examine some implications of these principles for a general theory of text-based learning and for instructional practice throughout the K12 and higher education curricula.

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multiple documentssourcing principlemultiple document integration principleknowledge constructionintertextual comprehension
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The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning , pp. 521 - 536
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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