Exploring the Effect of "Color Cueing" on Mobile Learning in Physical Environments

Abstract

This study proposed a cueing technique named “color cueing” to assist students attend to the important learning information of texts in the mobile learning environment. The effect of“color cueing” was examined by a between subjects experiment. Forty fifth-grade students were randomly assigned to the“color cueing” and “non-color cueing” conditions. The results indicated that effect of “color cueing” was not significant. There was no significant difference in the students’ learning time, cognitive load, retention, comprehension and application test performance between the two conditions. The results were discussed and some recommendations were proposed to future studies.