Paul Ayres

UNSW Sydney — Australia

Psychology · Social Sciences

44h-index8.4kcitations117works11.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes(84), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods(32), Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning(19), Science Education and Pedagogy(13), Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences(13)

Publications117 total

Some do's and don'ts of Educational Videos
Learning and Instruction·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Comparing Real and Imitative Practice with No Practice during Observational Learning of Hand Motor Skills from Animations
Education Sciences·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The Worked-Example Effect and a Mastery Approach Goal Orientation
Education Sciences·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Research Avenues Supporting Embodied Cognition in Learning and Instruction
Educational Psychology Review·2024· 35 citedOpen Access
Improving Computer-Assisted Language Learning Through the Lens of Cognitive Load
Educational Psychology Review·2023· 37 cited
Investigating the role of hand perspective in learning from procedural animations
British Journal of Educational Psychology·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
Worked Examples
Oxford University Press eBooks·2022· 3 cited
Investigating the impact of gender-differences and spatial ability on learning from instructional animations
L’Année psychologique·2022· 4 cited
The Split-Attention Principle in Multimedia Learning
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2021· 13 cited
The Validity of Physiological Measures to Identify Differences in Intrinsic Cognitive Load
Frontiers in Psychology·2021· 181 citedOpen Access
Something old, something new from cognitive load theory
Computers in Human Behavior·2020· 44 cited
LEARNING GOAL-FREE PROBLEMS: COLLABORATIVELY OR INDIVIDUALLY?
Jurnal Cakrawala Pendidikan·2019· 9 citedOpen Access
Using mimicking gestures to improve observational learning from instructional videos
Educational Psychology·2019· 28 cited
Investigating how errors should be flagged and worked examples structured when providing feedback to novice learners of mathematics
Educational Psychology·2019· 12 cited
Does observing hand actions in animations and static graphics differentially affect learning of hand-manipulative tasks?
Computers & Education·2019· 55 citedOpen Access
Factors that impact on the effectiveness of instructional animations
2019· 6 cited
The effects of transient information and element interactivity on learning from instructional animations
2019· 12 cited
Visuospatial tests and multimedia learning
2019· 15 cited
Gender imbalance in instructional dynamic versus static visualizations
RePub (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)·2019Open Access
Gender Imbalance in Instructional Dynamic Versus Static Visualizations: a Meta-analysis
Educational Psychology Review·2019· 98 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

John Sweller(18), Fred Paas(15), Juan C. Castro-Alonso(8), Nadine Marcus(6), Slava Kalyuga(5), Mona Wong(4), Endah Retnowati(3), Paul Chandler(2), Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer(2), Tamara van Gog(2), Anna Wong(2), Kristin Fraser(1), Tracey M. Clarke(1), Christopher Chan(1), Nixon Qian(1), Lee Smith(1), Graham Cooper(1), Joy Yeonjoo Lee(1), Paul A. Kirschner(1), Olusola Adesope(1)