期刊论文

Wang, FX

英文

Journal of Educational Psychology

0022-0663

2023

115

8

1125-1140

10.1037/edu0000823

National Natural Science Foundation of China [62277025]

本校为第一且通讯机构

The spatial contiguity principle is that people learn and perform better when corresponding printed text and graphics are placed near rather than far from each other on the screen or page. This is a well-established design principle in multimedia learning. However, there is insufficient research to establish the appropriate distance between text and graphics that is conducive for integrative processing. The current study examines a new objective indicator of spatial contiguity based on the characteristics of human visual processing, and hypothesizes that corresponding text and graphic informat...