Animation and learning: selective processing of information in dynamic graphics

Multimedia learning: Are we asking the right questions?

Richard E. Mayer · Educational Psychologist · 1997 · 1.5K citations

Education, Instruction, Science Education +16

Why Some Material Is Difficult to Learn

John Sweller, Paul Chandler · Cognition and Instruction · 1994 · 1.4K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology +11

A split-attention effect in multimedia learning: Evidence for dual processing systems in working memory.

Richard E. Mayer, Roxana Moreno · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1998 · 1.3K citations

Medicine, Educational Psychology, Psychology +15

The instructive animation: Helping students build connections between words and pictures in multimedia learning.

Richard E. Mayer, Richard B. Anderson · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1992 · 964 citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Instruction +17

Animations need narrations: An experimental test of a dual-coding hypothesis.

Richard E. Mayer, Richard B. Anderson · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1991 · 843 citations

Social Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychology +16