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Quiz name: IT7210 Clark & Mayer Chp. 8

1.
ABC
According to the Coherence Principle, what should you avoid adding to your activ
ity?.
Sound
Graphics about how birds can fly
Any material that does not support the instructional goal
2. It is better to go "over the top" that to "keep it simple"..
True
False
What is it called when you take out any words, graphics or sounds not related to
the
3. instructional goal?.
Prunning?
Edging?
Mulching?
Mowing?
Weeding?
4. Why would you not want to add background music and sounds to a narrated piece
?.
A
B
ABDE
5. What is the loose definition of Arousal Theory?.
John Dewey way back in 1913, felt that adding shiny things to a lesson would not
promote deep
6. learning?.
True
False
7. When students receive both background music and environmental sounds students
perform.
Better than students who didn't get either.
The same as students who didn't receive either.
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A
B
AB
CC
Worse than studnets who received neither.
8. There can be a heavy mental toll that can be levied by extraneous sounds..
True
False
9. One should avoid using extraneous pictures..
True
False
Should someone make sure they use colorful descriptive words in a presentation?
Why or why
10. not? Please explain your answer..
A
B
A
B
Harp & Mayer (1998) said that there were three ways in which extraneous pictures
can hurt
11. learning. Which one of these is NOT one of those three way?.
Emotion
Distraction
Disruption
Seduction
The definition of "Distraction" according to Harp & Mayer is by guiding the lear
ner's limitied time
12. away from relevant material and toward irrelevant material..
True
False
The definition of "Disruption" according to Harp & Mayer is by preventing the le
arner from
building appropriate links among pieces of relevant material because pieces of i
rrevelant
13. material are in the way..
True
False
The definition of "Seduction" according to Harp & Mayer is by priming inappropri
ate existing
14. knowledge, which is then used to organize the incoming content..
True
False
Does the idea of not adding extraneous pictures to relevant data happen when the
medium is
15. written text?.
Yes
No
Sometimes
Never
ABD
A
B
A
B
A
B
ABD
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Current studies show the guidlines of how effective extraneous pictures and soun
ds are only
16. limited to older generations of learners..
True
False
17. What are at least two things to look for in e-Learning?.
A
B
18.
ABCDE
How many Coherence Principles were talked about in Chapter 8?.
1
2
3
4
5
According to the Coherence Principle #3, there are generally 3 reasons someone w
ould add
19. extraneous words. Which one fo these is NOT one of those reasons?.
To make the lesson longer.
To add interest.
To expand upon the key idea.
To go beyond the key idea.
20. This project took me a really long time to complete..
True
False
ABD
A
B
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