Compositional design of animation improves comprehension of complex dynamics

Category

Conference Proceedings

Authors

Lowe, R.K., Boucheix, J.M.

Year

2016

Title

Compositional design of animation improves comprehension of complex dynamics

Journal / book / conference

EARLI SIG 2 Conference: Comprehension of Text and Graphics, Learning from Text and Graphics in a World of Diversity

Abstract

Learners have difficulty in decomposing conventionally designed animations to obtain raw material suitable for building high quality mental models. A composition approach to designing animations based on the Animation Processing Model was developed as a principled alternative to prevailing approaches. It provides learners with pre-decomposed material that is structured and sequenced to facilitate the relation building required for effective mental model construction. Study of a compositional animation that presented material in a contiguous fashion resulted in higher quality mental models of a piano mechanism than non-contiguous or control (conventional) versions. Eye fixation data indicated that the compositional animation led to superior mental models because it particularly fostered relational processing.

Pages

118-120

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