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A theory is advanced which proposes that when experience is recalled, it is recalled in fragments. The fragments are then woven logether to make a story about the experience, which is what is often called construal, or making sense. There are manifold implications of the theory: in the design of instruction which explicitly employs the theory in the ways in which students are invited to work on materials in different media; for assessment which explicitly calls upon fragment processing skills; for research into the effective use of educational media.
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Mason, J.H. Fragments: the implications for teachers, learners and media users/researchers of personal construal and fragmentary recollection of aural and visual messages. Instr Sci 17, 195–218 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00048341
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