[b][i]Multimedia Principle[/i][/b][i]: [/i]People learn better from words and pictures than from words alone[url=file:///C:/Users/user/Dropbox/ynjika/Mine/2017.07.18/2017.07.18%20Zassan.docx#_ftn1][1][/url]. When words and pictures are both presented, learners have an opportunity to construct verbal and visual mental models and to build connections between them.[br][br][b][i]Empirical Rationale:[/i] [/b]In eleven out of eleven tests, learners who received text and illustrations or narration and animation (multiple-representation group) performed better on transfer tests than did[br]learners who received text alone or narration alone (single-representation[br]group). The median effect size is [math]d=1.39[/math][br] [br] [br][url=file:///C:/Users/user/Dropbox/ynjika/Mine/2017.07.18/2017.07.18%20Zassan.docx#_ftnref1][1][/url]Richard E. Mayer (2009). Multimedia learning second edition.[i]Multimedia principle, [/i]223-241 [br][br][br][br][br]