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Table 3 Means (with standard deviations in parentheses) for all measures

From: Can prompts improve self-explaining an online video lecture? Yes, but do not disturb!

Measure

Prompt type

Overall

Notes

Principles

Elaborations

Combined

Declarative knowledgea

 Pretest

1.27 (1.79)

1.32 (2.03)

1.56 (2.78)

1.21 (2.11)

1.35 (2.04)

 Immediate posttest

5.71 (1.95)

5.61 (2.30)

6.21 (1.74)

5.57 (2.17)

5.77 (2.05)

 Delayed posttest

4.04 (2.82)

5.09 (2.72)

5.42 (3.36)

4.32 (2.81)

4.73 (2.90)

Conceptual knowledgeb

 Immediate posttest

4.29 (1.99)

3.86 (2.37)

4.00 (2.05)

3.57 (2.13)

3.94 (2.14)

 Delayed posttest

4.00 (2.00)

3.03 (2.15)

3.37 (1.83)

3.39 (2.15)

3.41 (2.05)

Self-explanation qualityb

 Principle-based

3.99 (2.37)

6.47 (1.46)

4.39 (1.72)

6.18 (1.50)

5.28 (2.07)

 Elaboration-based

0.05 (0.21)

0.24 (0.60)

2.28 (1.60)

2.31 (1.78)

1.23 (1.63)

Interruptionsc

0.87 (1.18)

1.17 (1.23)

0.86 (0.83)

1.18 (1.10)

1.02 (1.10)

Learning timed

24.16 (14.30)

28.06 (20.99)

34.87 (29.93)

46.56 (24.18)

33.16 (24.73)

Persistencee

0.81 (0.40)

0.89 (0.32)

0.66 (0.48)

0.68 (0.48)

0.77 (0.43)

  1. aScore from − 8 (minimum) to 8 (maximum)
  2. bScale from 1 (very low quality) to 8 (very high quality)
  3. cScale from 0 (no interruption) to 4 (more than three interruptions)
  4. dTime in minutes
  5. eDichotomous (1: took part in the delayed posttest; 0: did not take part)