Do Films Make You Learn? Inference Processes in Expository Film Comprehension

Autor/inn/en	Tibus, Maike; Heier, Anke; Schwan, Stephan
Titel	Do Films Make You Learn? Inference Processes in Expository Film Comprehension
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 105 (2013) 2, S.329-340 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0663
DOI	10.1037/a0030818
Schlagwörter	Outcome Measures; Films; Inferences; Naming; Experiments; Models; Undergraduate Students; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Scores; Cognitive Processes; Difficulty Level; Statistical Analysis; Control Groups; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; Inference; Inferenz; Erprobung; Analogiemodell; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Statistische Analyse; Deutschland
Abstract	The present article examines how suitable expository films are for learning. This question was motivated by the assumption that films are processed in a superficial manner. However, previous research has been dominated by the analyses of outcome measures and has never taken a look at online measures so that no clear conclusions have been drawn. Experiment 1 analyzed online local causal bridging inferences that are crucial for the understanding of complex scientific matters. Using a naming paradigm, it could be demonstrated that local causal bridging inferences are generated during film reception. This holds true for film viewers and audiotape listeners. Experiment 2 analyzed whether participants were able to integrate the inferred information into a coherent mental model. We found that for at least one item set, both film viewers and audiotape listeners integrated implicit information into a mental model. To further clarify the role of the pictorial information in films for the comprehension process, Experiment 3 analyzed the extent to which pictorial information can compensate for coherence breaks due to missing verbal information in the auditory channel. We found that, on a local level, pictorial information can compensate for missing verbal information, but not on a global level. (Contains 3 tables and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10