Spatial contiguity principleSplit attentionCognitive loadMeta-analysisSpatial split-attention effects have been noted in the research literature, where, under split-attention conditions, integrating text and diagrams has been shown to be effective. From this literature grew the spatial contiguity principle ...
Synonyms Spatial contiguity ; Split-attention principle ; Temporal contiguity Definition Split-attention occurs when learners are required to split their attention between two or more mutually dependent sources of information (e.g., text and diagram), which have been separated either spatially or ...
Spatial contiguity principleSplit attentionCognitive loadMeta-analysisSpatial split-attention effects have been noted in the research literature, where, under split-attention conditions, integrating text and diagrams has been shown to be effective. From this literature......
As Horrower (2007) posits, violating this principle may result in split attention (i.e., the need for integrating information from different sources that may be a cognitive effort for users), since it results from, e.g., a spatial contiguity effect of materials sepa...
Spatial contiguity; Split-attention principle; Temporal contiguity Split-attentionoccurs when learners are required to split their attention between two or more mutually dependent sources of...Paul AyresUniversity of New South WalesGabriele Cierniak...
(i.e., split-attention format), whereas research has shown that presenting text and pictures close to each other in space (i.e., integrated format) improves learning and reduces cognitive demands on the learner; this has become known as the split-attention effect or spatial contiguity effect ...