title: Teaching with symbols tangentially related to topic: using a linked multimedia approach to enhance learning.
abstract: 40 undergraduate students, none of whom were history or literature majors, attended a lecture on Medieval literature. For half the students the lecture was supplemented by two sets of slides. One set summarized course content while the second set contained slides of paintings or other forms of visual art which were only tangentially related to the topic. For the other half of the student-group, the lecture was supplemented by course content slides only. Students viewing symbolic slides had significantly higher test scores on a written 20-question multiple-choice test given immediately after the lecture.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Abuse Centers, Inc., Boardman, OH, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Giannini
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Giannini
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Giannini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013663:Teaching; D013664:Teaching Materials