Multimedia Comprehension

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. A short history of multimedia sign systems; 3. Basic forms of representations; 4. Comprehension of text; 5. Comprehension of pictures; 6. Integrative comprehension of texts and pictures; 7. Quasi-Symbolic relations between text and picture comprehension; 8. Beyond comprehension: multimedia in thinking and problem solving; 9. Practical implications; Concluding remarks.

About the author

Wolfgang Schnotz is Emeritus Professor of General and Educational Psychology at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany. He was a member of the Reading Expert Group for the OECD, Chief Editor of Learning and Instruction, and head of the DFG Graduate School Teaching and Learning. He publishes on text comprehension, multimedia learning, learning from animation, and conceptual change.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Schnotz, Wolfgang (University of Koblenz-Landau) Schnotz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2023
• EAN: 9781009303217
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0930321-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, Educational psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology