Research Output

Research Output per year

1994 2020

• 62 Article
• 25 Conference contribution
• 12 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 5 Chapter
• 8 More
  • 5 Review article
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Foreword/postscript
  • 1 Editorial

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2020

  Emotional design for digital games for learning: The effect of expression, color, shape, and dimensionality on the affective quality of game characters

  Plass, J. L., Homer, B. D., MacNamara, A., Ober, T., Rose, M. C., Pawar, S., Hovey, C. M. & Olsen, A., Dec 2020, In: Learning and Instruction. 70, 101194.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Color
  • Learning
  • emotion
  • Emotions
  • learning

• Toward a taxonomy of adaptivity for learning

  Plass, J. L. & Pawar, S., Jul 2 2020, In: Journal of Research on Technology in Education. 52, 3, p. 275-300 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • personalization
  • Taxonomies
  • taxonomy
  • Macros
  • macro level
• 2019

  Activating adolescents’ “hot” executive functions in a digital game to train cognitive skills: The effects of age and prior abilities

  Homer, B. D., Plass, J. L., Rose, M. C., MacNamara, A. P., Pawar, S. & Ober, T. M., Jan 1 2019, In: Cognitive Development. 49, p. 20-32 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Executive Function
  • Aptitude
  • Arousal
  • Learning
  • Growth

• Distinguishing Direct and Indirect Effects of Executive Functions on Reading Comprehension in Adolescents

  Ober, T. M., Brooks, P. J., Plass, J. L. & Homer, B. D., Aug 18 2019, In: Reading Psychology. 40, 6, p. 551-581 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Executive Function
  • Reading
  • comprehension
  • adolescent
  • Short-Term Memory

• Speed Versus Accuracy: Implications of Adolescents' Neurocognitive Developments in a Digital Game to Train Executive Functions

  Homer, B. D., Ober, T. M., Rose, M. C., MacNamara, A., Mayer, R. E. & Plass, J. L., Feb 1 2019, In: Mind, Brain, and Education. 13, 1, p. 41-52 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Adolescent Development
  • Executive Function
  • adolescent
  • Efficiency
  • Learning

• The effect of adaptive difficulty adjustment on the effectiveness of a game to develop executive function skills for learners of different ages

  Plass, J. L., Homer, B. D., Pawar, S., Brenner, C. & MacNamara, A. P., Jan 1 2019, In: Cognitive Development. 49, p. 56-67 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Executive Function
  • Data Analysis
  • Therapeutics
• 2018

  Designing digital badges for educational games: The impact of badge type on student motivation and learning

  Biles, M. L., Plass, J. L. & Homer, B. D., Oct 1 2018, In: International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations. 10, 4, p. 1-19 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Students
  • Geometry

• Digital game-based education for Syrian refugee children: Project Hope

  Sirin, S., Plass, J. L., Homer, B. D., Vatanartiran, S. & Tsai, T., Jan 2 2018, In: Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 13, 1, p. 7-18 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Refugees
  • Hope
  • refugee
  • Education
  • Turkey

• Improving high school students' executive functions through digital game play

  Homer, B. D., Plass, J. L., Raffaele, C., Ober, T. M. & Ali, A., Feb 2018, In: Computers and Education. 117, p. 50-58 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Students
  • student
  • computer game
  • performance
  • evidence

• Visualizing log-file data from a game using timed word trees

  Ribeiro, P. C., Biles, M. L., Lang, C., Silva, C. & Plass, J. L., 2018, In: Information Visualization. 17, 3, p. 183-195 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Geometry
  • Data visualization
  • Education
  • Acoustic waves
• 2017

  Learning executive function skills by playing focused video games

  Parong, J., Mayer, R. E., Fiorella, L., MacNamara, A., Homer, B. D. & Plass, J. L., Oct 1 2017, In: Contemporary Educational Psychology. 51, p. 141-151 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Video Games
  • Executive Function
  • computer game
  • Learning
  • Students
• 2016

  Emotional engagement, social interactions, and the development of an afterschool game design curriculum

  Kwah, H., Milne, C., Tsai, T., Goldman, R. & Plass, J. L., Sep 1 2016, In: Cultural Studies of Science Education. 11, 3, p. 713-740 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • emotion
  • curriculum
  • interaction
  • girls' school
  • group interaction

• Interplay of prior knowledge, self-regulation and motivation in complex multimedia learning environments

  Song, H. S., Kalet, A. L. & Plass, J. L., Feb 1 2016, In: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 32, 1, p. 31-50 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • self-regulation
  • multimedia
  • Students
  • learning environment
  • knowledge
• 2015

  Emotional design and positive emotions in multimedia learning: An eyetracking study on the use of anthropomorphisms

  Park, B., Knörzer, L., Plass, J. L. & Brünken, R., Aug 2015, In: Computers and Education. 86, p. 30-42 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • multimedia
  • emotion
  • Design of experiments
  • learning environment
  • learning

• Foundations of Game-Based Learning

  Plass, J. L., Homer, B. D. & Kinzer, C. K., Oct 2 2015, In: Educational Psychologist. 50, 4, p. 258-283 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Learning
  • Empirical Research
  • Foster Home Care
  • Theoretical Models
  • Research Design
• 2014

  Click versus drag: User-performed tasks and the enactment effect in an interactive multimedia environment

  Schwartz, R. N. & Plass, J. L., Apr 2014, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 33, p. 242-255 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multimedia
  • Enactment
  • Drag
  • Recognition (Psychology)
  • Learning

• Emotional design in multimedia learning: Effects of shape and color on affect and learning

  Plass, J. L., Heidig, S., Hayward, E. O., Homer, B. D. & Um, E., Feb 2014, In: Learning and Instruction. 29, p. 128-140 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multimedia
  • learning success
  • multimedia
  • Color
  • Emotions

• Learning from multiple representations: An examination of fixation patterns in a science simulation

  Okeefe, P. A., Letourneau, S. M., Homer, B. D., Schwartz, R. N. & Plass, J. L., Jun 2014, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 35, p. 234-242 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fixation
  • Gas
  • Simulation
  • Gases
  • Learning

• Level of interactivity and executive functions as predictors of learning in computer-based chemistry simulations

  Homer, B. D. & Plass, J. L., Jul 2014, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 36, p. 365-375 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Executive Function
  • Transfer (Psychology)
  • Interactivity
  • Simulation
  • Predictors

• Moved to learn: The effects of interactivity in a Kinect-based literacy game for beginning readers

  Homer, B. D., Kinzer, C. K., Plass, J. L., Letourneau, S. M., Hoffman, D., Bromley, M., Hayward, E. O., Turkay, S. & Kornak, Y., May 2014, In: Computers and Education. 74, p. 37-49 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • interactive media
  • Decoding
  • literacy
  • vocabulary
  • Group

• The cognitive impact of interactive design features for learning complex materials in medical education

  Song, H. S., Pusic, M., Nick, M. W., Sarpel, U., Plass, J. L. & Kalet, A. L., 2014, In: Computers and Education. 71, p. 198-205 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Medical education
  • interactive media
  • Students
  • manipulation
  • stroke
• 2013

  A Game Mechanics Approach to Learning and Assessment in Games for Learning

  Homer, B. D., Plass, J., Kinzer, C. K. & Perlin, K., 2013, Advanced Distributed Learning Newsletter.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Factors influencing medical student attrition and their implications in a large multi-center randomized education trial

  Kalet, A., Ellaway, R. H., Song, H. S., Nick, M., Sarpel, U., Hopkins, M. A., Hill, J., Plass, J. L. & Pusic, M. V., Aug 2013, In: Advances in Health Sciences Education. 18, 3, p. 439-450 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • education center
  • Medical Students
  • medical student
  • Self-Control
  • Students

• The impact of individual, competitive, and collaborative mathematics game play on learning, performance, and motivation

  Plass, J. L., O'Keefe, P. A., Homer, B. D., Case, J., Hayward, E. O., Stein, M. & Perlin, K., Nov 2013, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 105, 4, p. 1050-1066 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mathematics
  • learning motivation
  • learning performance
  • Motivation
  • Learning
• 2012

  Emotional Design in Multimedia Learning

  Um, E. R., Plass, J. L., Hayward, E. O. & Homer, B. D., May 2012, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 104, 2, p. 485-498 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multimedia
  • multimedia
  • Emotions
  • Learning
  • emotion

• Gender and player characteristics in video game play of preadolescents

  Homer, B. D., Hayward, E. O., Frye, J. & Plass, J. L., Sep 2012, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 28, 5, p. 1782-1789 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Preadolescents
  • Video Games
  • Players
  • Emotional Adjustment
  • Psychological

• Investigating the effectiveness of computer simulations for chemistry learning

  Plass, J. L., Milne, C., Homer, B. D., Schwartz, R. N., Hayward, E. O., Jordan, T., Verkuilen, J., Ng, F., Wang, Y. & Barrientos, J., Mar 2012, In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 49, 3, p. 394-419 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • computer simulation
  • chemistry
  • simulation
  • classroom
  • learning

• Just enough, but not too much interactivity leads to better clinical skills performance after a computer assisted learning module

  Kalet, A. L., Song, H. S., Sarpel, U., Schwartz, R., Brenner, J., Ark, T. K. & Plass, J., Oct 2012, In: Medical Teacher. 34, 10, p. 833-839 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Clinical Competence
  • interactive media
  • Computer-Assisted Instruction
  • Learning
  • Students

• Optimizing educational video through comparative trials in clinical environments

  Aronson, I. D., Plass, J. L. & Bania, T. C., Jun 2012, In: Educational Technology Research and Development. 60, 3, p. 469-482 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • video
  • public health
  • Healthcare Providers
  • educational theory
  • health promotion

• Video Games and the Future of Learning

  Plass, J., Biles, M., Frye, J. & Huang, T. T., Apr 2012, Connect: Information Technology.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• 2011

  Assessing medical students' self-regulation as aptitude in computer-based learning

  Song, H. S., Kalet, A. L. & Plass, J. L., Mar 2011, In: Advances in Health Sciences Education. 16, 1, p. 97-107 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Self-Control
  • aptitude
  • Medical Students
  • self-regulation
  • medical student

• Design guidelines for Classroom Multiplayer Presential Games (CMPG)

  Villalta, M., Gajardo, I., Nussbaum, M., Andreu, J. J., Echeverría, A. & Plass, J. L., Nov 2011, In: Computers and Education. 57, 3, p. 2039-2053 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • classroom
  • holism
  • learning
  • methodology
  • mechanic

• Preimplementation predictors of website use: Preliminary findings from the SCORE portal pilot study

  Schmitz, C. C., Risucci, D., Plass, J., Jones, A. & Darosa, D. A., Jan 2011, In: American Journal of Surgery. 201, 1, p. 7-15 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Curriculum
  • Internship and Residency
  • Learning
  • Internet Access
  • Teaching
• 2010

  Expertise reversal for iconic representations in science visualizations

  Homer, B. D. & Plass, J. L., 2010, In: Instructional Science. 38, 3, p. 259-276 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • visualization
  • expertise
  • knowledge
  • Students
  • cognitive development

• Interactivity in multimedia learning: An integrated model

  Domagk, S., Schwartz, R. N. & Plass, J. L., Sep 2010, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 26, 5, p. 1024-1033 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multimedia Learning
  • Multimedia
  • Interactivity
  • Learning
  • Naphazoline
• 2009

  Design factors for effective science simulations: Representation of information

  Plass, J. L., Homer, B. D., Milne, C., Jordan, T., Kalyuga, S., Kim, M. & Lee, H., 2009, In: International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations. 1, 1, p. 16-35 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Students
  • Scaffolds
  • Education
  • Experiments

• Using Cognitive Load Theory to Improve Teaching and Learning of Surgery

  Plass, J., Jul 2009, In: Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Residency Assistance Page

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2008

  Expertise reversal effects: Can we hurt our learners with poorly designed or targeted web-module instruction?

  Song, H., Kalet, A. & Plass, J., 2008, In: Journal of General Internal Medicine. 23, p. 301

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The effects of video on cognitive load and social presence in multimedia-learning

  Homer, B. D., Plass, J. L. & Blake, L., May 2008, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 24, 3, p. 786-797 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multimedia Learning
  • Cognitive Load
  • Multimedia
  • Students
  • Learning

• Understanding learning strategies of medical students associated with better academic achievement.

  Song, H., Kalet, A., Ort, V. M., Horchberg, M. & Plass, J., 2008, In: Internal Medicine. 23, p. 429-430

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2006

  CREATE: A Consortium for Interdisciplinary Research on Technology and Education

  Plass, J., Homer, B. D., Jordan, T., Milne, C. & deHaan, J., 2006, Connect: Information Technology.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Optimizing cognitive load for learning from computer-based science simulations

  Lee, H., Plass, J. L. & Homer, B. D., Nov 2006, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 98, 4, p. 902-913 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Data Display
  • Transfer (Psychology)
  • Computer Simulation
  • Gases
  • simulation
• 2005

  Aktuelle Trends in der Forschung zu Hypertext- und Hypermediasystemen: Diskussion der Beiträge in diesem Themenheft

  Plass, J. L., Apr 2005, In: Zeitschrift fur Padagogische Psychologie. 19, 1-2, p. 77-83 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hypermedia
  • Learning
  • Research Design

• Intelligence assessment with computer simulations

  Kröner, S., Plass, J. L. & Leutner, D., Jul 2005, In: Intelligence. 33, 4, p. 347-368 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Computer Simulation
  • Intelligence
  • Simulation
  • Theoretical Models
  • Intelligence Tests

• The function of annotations in the comprehension of scientific texts: Cognitive load effects and the impact of verbal ability

  Wallen, E., Plass, J. L. & Brünken, R., 2005, In: Educational Technology Research and Development. 53, 3, p. 59-71 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • comprehension
  • learning
  • performance
  • knowledge
  • student
• 2004

  Assessment of cognitive load in multimedia learning with dual-task methodology: Auditory load and modality effects

  Brünken, R., Plass, J. L. & Leutner, D., 2004, In: Instructional Science. 32, 1-2, p. 115-132 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multimedia
  • multimedia
  • Learning
  • methodology
  • Verbal Learning
• 2003

  Cognitive load in reading a foreign language text with multimedia aids and the influence of verbal and spatial abilities

  Plass, J. L., Chun, D. M., Mayer, R. E. & Leutner, D., Mar 2003, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 19, 2, p. 221-243 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Spatial Ability
  • Verbal Ability
  • Cognitive Load
  • Multimedia
  • Spatial Navigation

• Direct measurement of cognitive load in multimedia learning

  Brünken, R., Plass, J. L. & Leutner, D., 2003, In: Educational Psychologist. 38, 1, p. 53-61 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multimedia
  • Learning
  • Short-Term Memory
  • Research Personnel
  • Technology

• Health education and multimedia learning: connecting theory and practice (Part 2).

  Mas, F. G., Plass, J., Kane, W. M. & Papenfuss, R. L., Oct 2003, In: Health promotion practice. 4, 4, p. 464-469 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multimedia
  • Health Education
  • Learning
  • Educational Psychology
  • Health Behavior

• Health education and multimedia learning: educational psychology and health behavior theory (Part 1).

  Mas, F. G. S., Plass, J., Kane, W. M. & Papenfuss, R. L., Jul 2003, In: Health promotion practice. 4, 3, p. 288-292 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Educational Psychology
  • Multimedia
  • Health Behavior
  • Health Education
  • Educational Technology