Psychological Development and Education ›› 2008, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1): 83-87.

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The Effect of Abstract and Background Music on Cognitive Load and Multimedia Learning

GONG De-ying1, LIU Dian-zhi2, ZHANG Da-jun1   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Educational Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    2. School of Education, Suzhou University, Suzhou 215021
  • Online:2008-01-15 Published:2008-01-15

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Abstract: This study is intended to investigate the effect of abstract and background music on learner's self-rating cognitive load and learning performance,and students are requested to learn material about mobile communication with multimedia presentation.The results are as follows:(1) there was no interaction between abstract and background music;(2) students who were asked to abstract the material got lower scores on cognitive load and higher scores on transfer test than those who are not asked to do that,but there was no significant difference on retention test between the two groups;(3) students learned with background music got lower scores on retention test than those without music,while there was no significant difference on cognitive load and transfer test between them.

Key words: abstract, background music, multimedia leaning, cognitive load

CLC Number: 

  • G442
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