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The Effect of Adding Relevant Music and Sound Effects to an Audio-Only Narration: A Three-Treatment Application of Mayer’s Coherence Principle

Curran, Andrew
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352397100

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2012, EdD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Curriculum and Instruction.
Sound effects and music can be used to complement instructional narrations in recorded media presentations. College students (n = 143) participated in a study examining the effects of music and sound effects on learning outcomes when compared to voice-only narration. Four groups of participants listened to a recorded short story and answered questions about the story. The control group’s story was a voice-only narration. The three treatment groups’ story was enhanced with one of the following: sound effects, music, or a combination of sound effects and music. Means for each group were not significantly different, and the difference of means between and within each of the groups was also found not to be significant. The results indicated that the presence sound effects and music from an audio-only presentation did not significantly increase or decrease learning.
Maya Israel, PhD (Committee Chair)
James Basham, PhD (Committee Member)
John Owens, PhD (Committee Member)
Kay Seo, PhD (Committee Member)
72 p.
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sound effects; music; audio; coherence principle; arousal theory; multimedia learning;

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  • Curran, A. (2012). The Effect of Adding Relevant Music and Sound Effects to an Audio-Only Narration: A Three-Treatment Application of Mayer’s Coherence Principle [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352397100

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Curran, Andrew. The Effect of Adding Relevant Music and Sound Effects to an Audio-Only Narration: A Three-Treatment Application of Mayer’s Coherence Principle. 2012. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352397100.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Curran, Andrew. "The Effect of Adding Relevant Music and Sound Effects to an Audio-Only Narration: A Three-Treatment Application of Mayer’s Coherence Principle." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352397100

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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