Enhancing Student Learning in Introductory Physics through the use of Multimedia Learning Modules

物理（13）这个项目解决了一个记录在案的和持久的问题，在介绍物理教学：学生介绍物理不愿意阅读教科书之前来上课，并没有准备好参加课堂活动，旨在完善概念的理解和促进解决问题的技能。 该项目的多媒体学习模块（MLM）为两个学期的微积分基础上的物理入门课程纳入了既定的学习原则，从研究多媒体学习相结合的动画视频与伴随的音频，以吸引学生的听觉和视觉工作记忆，提高他们的掌握材料。 MLM教授基本的概念知识，并与即时教学（JiTT）一起使用，以提高学生的课前准备，从而腾出课堂时间用于其他用途。 一项试点研究表明，使用传销的结果在显着更多的学生学习比使用传统的教科书后立即教训，学生保留显着更多的学习材料通过传销两周后提出。有利于传销超过教科书的收益是相当大的和统计上显着的。传销对学习的影响是通过开发一组问题来评估，这些问题在传销实施之前和之后的每次讲座之前都会向学生提出，并通过比较传销实施之前和之后的安全期末考试的表现。 这些材料也正在合作机构进行测试，这些机构的学生人口统计资料与伊利诺伊大学香槟分校的学生非常不同。

Physics (13)This project addresses a documented and persistent problem in introductory physics instruction: Students taking introductory physics are loath to read the textbook prior to coming to class and are unprepared to participate in classroom activities aimed at refining conceptual understanding and promoting problem solving skills. The project's Multimedia Learning Modules (MLM) for the two-semester calculus-based introductory physics course incorporate established learning principles from research on multimedia learning by combining animated video with accompanying audio to engage students' auditory and visual working memories which improves their mastery of the material. The MLM teach basic conceptual knowledge and are used with Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) to improve students' pre-class preparation, thus freeing up class time for other uses. A pilot study demonstrated that the use of the MLM results in significantly more student learning than the use of traditional textbooks immediately following the lessons and that students retain significantly more of the learned material presented via the MLM two weeks later. The gains favoring the MLM over the textbook were sizable and statistically significant. The impact of the MLM on learning are evaluated by developing a set of questions that are administered to students prior to coming to each lecture both before and after the MLM are implemented, and by comparing performance on secure final exams both before and after implementation of the MLM. The materials are also being tested at partner institutions that have a very dissimilar student demographic profile from the students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.