Multimodal Learning Principles

Based upon the first 6 multimodal learning principals, pick 5, rank them from importance (most importance to least important). Explain your ranking and explain why you eliminated the principle you did. 

1.  Temporal Contiguity Principle
2.  Spatial Contiguity Principle
3.  Multimedia Principle
4.  Modality Principle

5.  Redundancy Principle
6.  Coherence Principle


I think when students first start learning they learn with Temporal Contiguity Principle.  The student is shown a picture along with a word to become familiar with the word and what the picture is.  Then Spatial Contiguity Principle is used to determine whether or not the child is understanding and linking the relationship from the picture to the word or vice versa.  The Multimedia Principle is used more today due to more technology available to the classroom.  The pictures are shown in retention and over and over for practice.  The Modality Principle allows students to view the pictures and associated words on a television or projector in a show rather that staring at it on a screen.

I think that Redundancy Principle and Coherence Principle fall in the same category for me.  They both rank near the bottom in learning.  In Redundancy Principle each item is taught one way and one way only.  If one student does not get the lesson in that form then that child is therefore left behind.  Every person has their own learning style and technique.  In Coherence Principle is where each thing is taught separately.  The picture is presented with no words or the word presented with no picture.  There is no word to picture association to correspond the two together. I do not understand how a child could comprehend the picture and word relation if they are constantly shown separately.