Expository multimedia comprehension in E‐learning: Presentation format, verbal ability and working memory capacity

Most of the studies establishing factors affecting digital text and multimedia comprehension have been conducted in controlled conditions. The present study sought to test and extend the modality and seductive details effects, and the role of verbal ability and working memory capacity, to a remote, self‐paced, E‐learning scenario. Two hundred and thirteen first‐year undergraduates read or watched videos about scientific expository content in...