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Overview

Jan L. Plass is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, with a strong focus on psychology, computer science, and medicine.

Their work especially concentrates on subfields including developmental and educational psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, education, human-computer interaction, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Plass has published research addressing various topics in education and cognitive science. Key focus areas include innovative teaching and learning methods, virtual reality applications and impacts, visual and cognitive learning processes, educational games and gamification, online and blended learning, cognitive abilities and testing, as well as organ donation and transplantation.

The scientist's recent papers include the following:

  • Toward a taxonomy of adaptivity for learning, 2020, Journal of Research on Technology in Education
  • Different types of redundancy and their effect on learning and cognitive load, 2023, British Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Detecting patterns of engagement in a digital cognitive skills training game, 2021, Computers & Education
  • Comparing two whole task patient simulations for two different dental education topics, 2022, Learning and Instruction
  • Playing a Video Game and Learning to Think: What's the Connection?, 2021, Journal of Cognitive Enhancement

Frequent coauthors in Plass's publications include:

  • Bruce D. Homer
  • Fabian Froehlich
  • Alvaro Olsen
  • Yuli Shao
  • Stephen P. Wall

Plass regularly publishes in venues such as Learning and Instruction, Learning and Individual Differences, Journal of Research on Technology in Education, British Journal of Educational Psychology, and Computers & Education.

Best Publications

  • Foundations of Game-Based Learning.

    Jan L. Plass;Bruce D. Homer;Charles K. Kinzer

  • Effects of Multimedia Annotations on Vocabulary Acquisition

    Dorothy M. Chun;Jan L. Plass

  • Direct measurement of cognitive load in multimedia learning.

    Roland Brunken;Jan L. Plass;Detlev Leutner

  • Cognitive load theory

    Jan L. Plass;Roxana Moreno;Roland Brünken

  • SUPPORTING VISUAL AND VERBAL LEARNING PREFERENCES IN A SECOND LANGUAGE MULTIMEDIA LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

    Jan L. Plass;Dorothy M. Chun;Richard E. Mayer;Detlev Leutner;Detlev Leutner

  • Emotional design in multimedia learning.

    Eunjoon “Rachel” Um;Jan L. Plass;Elizabeth O. Hayward;Bruce D. Homer

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

    Jan L. Plass;Steffi Heidig;Elizabeth O. Hayward;Bruce D. Homer

  • RESEARCH ON TEXT COMPREHENSION IN MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENTS

    Dorothy M. Chun;Jan L. Plass

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

    Jan L. Plass;Dorothy M. Chun;Richard E. Mayer;Detlev Leutner

  • Supporting Listening Comprehension and Vocabulary Acquisition in French with Multimedia Annotations

    Linda C. Jones;Jan L. Plass

  • Assessment of Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning Using Dual-Task Methodology

    Roland Brünken;Susan Steinbacher;Jan L. Plass;Detlev Leutner

  • Interactivity in multimedia learning: An integrated model

    Steffi Domagk;Ruth N. Schwartz;Jan L. Plass

  • Assessment of Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning with Dual-Task Methodology: Auditory Load and Modality Effects

    Roland Brünken;Jan L. Plass;Detlev Leutner

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

    Jan L. Plass;Paul A. O'Keefe;Bruce D. Homer;Jennifer Case

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

    Bruce D. Homer;Jan L. Plass;Linda Blake

  • Four Ways of Considering Emotion in Cognitive Load Theory

    Jan L. Plass;Slava Kalyuga

  • Design factors for educationally effective animations and simulations

    Jan L. Plass;Bruce D. Homer;Elizabeth O. Hayward

  • Facilitating reading comprehension with multimedia

    Dorothy M. Chun;Jan L. Plass

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

    Hyunjeong Lee;Jan L. Plass;Bruce D. Homer

  • Networked multimedia environments for second language acquisition

    Dorothy M. Chun;Jan L. Plass

  • Multimedia Learning in Second Language Acquisition

    Jan L. Plass;Linda C. Jones

  • Handbook of Game-Based Learning.

    Jan L. Plass;Richard E. Mayer;Bruce D. Homer

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce D. Homer
Bruce D. Homer City University of New York
Slava Kalyuga
Slava Kalyuga University of New South Wales
Richard E. Mayer
Richard E. Mayer University of California, Santa Barbara
Roxana Moreno
Roxana Moreno University of New Mexico
Patricia J. Brooks
Patricia J. Brooks College of Staten Island
Peter Gerjets
Peter Gerjets University of Tübingen
Katharina Scheiter
Katharina Scheiter University of Potsdam

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