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  • About
    • What Are CAPs?
    • Theory Behind CAPs
    • CAPs Research
    • The CAPs Team
  • CAP-Teacher Resources
    • Sixth Grade Science
    • Seventh Grade: Life Science
    • Eighth Grade: Physical Science
  • Contact

About CAPs

The CAPs project is run by the STORMED lab at University of Virginia.
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What are CAPs?

Content Acquisition Podcasts (called CAPs) are short, multimedia vignettes that combine narration, highly relevant visuals with limited, intentional text to provide instruction.  ​Learn more.

Theory Behind CAPs

CAPs are created using Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML), which is based on cognitive load theory (Chandler & Sweller, 1991), the dual processing principle (Paivio, 1986) and Baddeley’s model of working memory (1986). Learn more. 

CAPs Research and Team 

Please check out our peer reviewed publications and the CAPs research team.
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