Table 3.
Summary of Intercorrelations, Means and Standard Deviations of Scores on the Conceptual Transfer, Procedural Transfer, Knowledge Retention, Intrinsic Cognitive Load, Extraneous Cognitive Load, Germane Cognitive Load and IVR simulation scores
| Measure | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | M | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Knowledge retention | – | .33* | .41** | .28 | − .08 | − .17 | .71** | .29 | 8.05 | 1.49 |
| 2. Conceptual transfer | .24* | – | .54** | .18 | .02 | − .19 | .21 | .33 | .49 | .59 |
| 3. Procedural transfer | .40** | .51** | – | .16 | .00 | − .15 | .39* | .47** | .71 | .92 |
| 4. Intrinsic cognitiveload | .17 | .14 | .10 | – | − .28 | − .39* | .16 | − .04 | 4.00 | .58 |
| 5. Extraneous cognitive load | − .15 | − .07 | − .05 | .14 | – | − .42** | .06 | − .24 | 2.56 | .80 |
| 6. Germane cognitive load | − .10 | − .03 | − .10 | − .21 | − .50** | – | − .29 | .17 | 2.97 | .85 |
| 7. IVR simulation score | .59** | .17 | .27** | .06 | − .04 | − .13 | – | .21 | 152.44 | 17.21 |
| 8. Self-explanation score | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.62 | 1.43 |
| M | 7.86 | .48 | .61 | 3.76 | 2.39 | 3.04 | 1.63 | – | – | – |
| SD | 1.42 | .68 | .84 | .70 | .75 | .81 | 1.41 | – | – | – |
The results to the lower diagonal include the correlations for the self-explanation group and control group together. The results to the upper diagonal include results for only the self-explanation group
Bold values respresent significant effects