Title
The Impact of Eliminating Extraneous Sound and Light on Students' Achievement: An Empirical Study
Document Type
Dissertation
Department
Curriculum and Instruction
Advisor's Name
M.O. Thirunarayanan
Advisor's Title
Committee Chair
Advisor's Name
Vish C.Visweswaran
Advisor's Name
Sneh Gulati
Advisor's Name
Aixa Perez-Prado
Advisor's Name
Mohammed Farouk
Keywords
Cognitive load, extraneous load, minimizing, light, sound, impact, gender, age, interaction, significance
Date of Defense
7-27-2010
Abstract
The impact of eliminating extraneous sound and light on students’ achievement was investigated under four conditions: Light and Sound controlled, Sound Only controlled, Light Only controlled and neither Light nor Sound controlled. Group, age and gender were the control variables. Four randomly selected groups of high school freshmen students with different backgrounds were the participants in this study. Academic achievement was the dependent variable measured on a pretest, a posttest and a post-posttest, each separated by an interval of 15 days. ANOVA was used to test the various hypotheses related to the impact of eliminating sound and light on student learning. Independent sample T tests on the effect of gender indicated a significant effect while age was non- significant. Follow up analysis indicated that sound and light are not potential sources of extraneous load when tested individually.
Recommended Citation
Mangipudy, Rajarajeswari Venkata Surya, "The Impact of Eliminating Extraneous Sound and Light on Students' Achievement: An Empirical Study" (2010). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 269.
http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/269