Can an angry pedagogical agent enhance mental effort and learning performance in a multimedia learning environment?

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Liew, Tze Wei and Tan, Su-Mae and Kew, Si Na (2022) Can an angry pedagogical agent enhance mental effort and learning performance in a multimedia learning environment? Information and Learning Sciences. ISSN 2398-5348

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Abstract

This study aims to examine if a pedagogical agent’s expressed anger, when framed as a feedback cue, can enhance mental effort and learning performance in a multimedia learning environment than expressed happiness. Design/methodology/approach A between-subjects experiment was conducted in which learners engaged with a multimedia learning material that taught programming algorithms, featuring a pedagogical agent who expressed anger or happiness as a feedback cue in response to the learners’ prior performance. Learners completed a self-reported scale and post-test for measuring mental effort and learning performance, respectively.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Multimedia learning
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA71-90 Instruments and machines > QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science
Divisions: Faculty of Information Science and Technology (FIST)
Depositing User: Ms Nurul Iqtiani Ahmad
Date Deposited: 05 Jul 2022 02:03
Last Modified: 05 Jul 2022 02:03
URII: http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/10101

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