Intrinsic Advance Primers: an Investigation of the Effects of Personalized Extraneous Multimedia Upon Intrinsic Interest and Student Achievement
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate if the delivery of personalized extraneous multimedia (PEM) messages prior to the delivery of the primary instructional materials could prime intrinsic interest and have a positive impact upon achievement in comparison to the use of non-personalized extraneous multimedia (NPEM).Extraneous materials are information that is related to instructional materials, considered interesting and enjoyable, but unnecessary to achieve the primary instructional objectives.Intrinsic interest in a new or unfamiliar subject may be primed by building connections between instructional materials and information that is both stored in long-term memory and deemed interesting by an individual A between subjects research design was used in this study.Undergraduate students (N = 105) were placed into one of three treatment groups using simple random sampling.Experimental treatments included the presentation of: (a) PEM; (b) NPEM; and (c) the absence of multimedia.All treatment groups were given the same instructional materials on the topic of ergonomics.Intrinsic interest levels were measured using a fivepoint Likert scale inventory.Achievement measures included: (a) reading comprehension; (b) retention of information; and (c) problem solving transfer of information.dissertation committee.I would like to begin by thanking Dr. Drew Tiene for challenging my ability to focus and refine my study.His insight and experience made all of this possible and I am truly grateful for his mentoring and friendship.I would also like to thank his wife Dr. Pamela Luft for providing him with the support necessary to deal with me during this process!I am especially grateful to Dr. Cindy Kovalik for always having the time to provide me with feedback and support.It often seemed that she gave my study precedence over her own work and this degree would have taken years longer to complete without her.I am very grateful to Dr. Marty Jencius for all of his assistance.He provided me with essential feedback and acted as a mentor regarding the intricacies of the dissertation process outside of the research study itself
Author: Matthew A. Williams
Institution: Kent State University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2284275035