| This study investigated the effectiveness of simultaneously and contiguously presented animated graphics on college student recall of information contained in a multimedia instructional presentation. The investigator used quantitative methods to analyze participants' responses in the experiment. In this study, statistical analysis methods of the independent t-test and the analysis of variance were used to assess the research questions.; The main experiment consisted of a pretest, a PowerPoint presentation, and a posttest. This experiment utilized sixty-three participants in three groups. The control group viewed the presentation without the experimental treatments. The simultaneous group was provided with animated graphics presented simultaneously with the text, and the contiguous group was provided with animated graphics presented contiguously with the text.; This study suggests that use of animation in an electronic presentation may help students recall better the information contained in the presentation. In addition, a continuous display of animated graphics may improve student recall, compared to no display of animated graphics. However, a simultaneous display of animated graphics may not positively affect student recall, compared to no display of animated graphics, even though it contains animation. |
