Skip to main content

Table 2 Reliability of the measurement instruments calculated after first administration

From: “Connecting concepts helps put main ideas together”: cognitive load and usability in learning biology with an AI-enriched textbook

Measurement instrument

Cronbach’s alpha

Number of items

Naïve rating questionnaire: intrinsic cognitive load (ICL)

0.90

2

Naïve rating questionnaire: germane cognitive load (GCL)

0.54

3

Naïve rating questionnaire: extraneous cognitive load (ECL)

0.85

3

Usability

0.87

2

MSLQ: cognitive strategy use

0.72

13

MSLQ: self-regulation

0.83

9