Successive and simultaneous picture and passage formats: Visual,tactual, and topical effects

This study attempted to determine whether there would be a significant difference between (a) simultaneous formats (boards) of pictures and passages and successive formats (booklets) with identical pictures and passages; (b) one simultaneous format (board with manipulative pictures) and another simultaneous format (board with stationary pictures); and (c) a topic of higher interest (THI) and a topic of lower interest (TLI) for each of the formats. The findings suggest that older children may achieve higher levels of learning when exposed to simultaneous formats of pictures and passages. Questionnaire results indicate that the Ss preferred the simultaneous formats and the THI by 2:1 ratios. The research for this study was conducted at Michigan State University.