Eye tracking methodology is used to examine the influence of interactive multimedia on the allocation of\nvisual attention and its dynamics during learning. We hypothesized that an interactive simulation promotes\nmore organized switching of attention between different elements of multimedia learning material, e.g.,\ntextual description and pictorial visualization. Participants studied a description of an algorithm accompanied\neither by an interactive simulation, self-paced animation, or static illustration. Using a novel framework for\nentropy-based comparison of gaze transition matrices, results showed that the interactive simulation elicited\nmore careful visual investigation of the learning material as well as reading of the problem description\nthrough to its completion.
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