Modality effect
Overview
- Influence: Modality effect
- Domain: Student Learning Strategies
- Sub-Domain: Learning strategies
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
- Influence Definition: The modality effect is used to refer to how learner performance depends on the presentation mode of the studied item. For example, it suggests that learning will be improved when textual information is presented in an auditory format with accompanying visual materials, such as a graph, diagram, or animation.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 2
- Number of studies: 78
- Number of students: 3,222
- Number of effects: 125
- Effect size: 0.55
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning and Instruction | Ginns | Australia | Meta-Analysis of the Modality Effect | 2005 | Modality effect: graphic visually, text auditory | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0.72 |
| Journal of Psycholinguist Research | Reinwein | Canada | Does the modality effect exist? And if so, which modality effect? | 2012 | Modality effect: graphic visually, text auditory | 39 | 3,222 | 86 | 0.38 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 78 | 3,222 | 125 | 0.55 | |||||
Confidence
The Confidence is the average of these four measures, each divided into five approximately equal groups and assigned a value from 1 to 5 based on the following criteria:
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Number of Meta-analyses
- 1 = 1
- 2 = 2–3
- 3 = 4–6
- 4 = 7–9
- 5 = 10+
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Number of Studies
- 1 = 1–10
- 2 = 11–50
- 3 = 51–200
- 4 = 201–400
- 5 = 400+
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Number of Students
- 1 = 1–2,500
- 2 = 2,501–10,000
- 3 = 10,000–20,000
- 4 = 20,000–100,000
- 5 = 100,001+
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Number of Effects
- 1 = 1–100
- 2 = 101–300
- 3 = 301–600
- 4 = 601–1,200
- 5 = 1,200+
| Number of Meta-Analyses | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Overall Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence Factor | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |