Question

As the student enters the giant model of the human heart, a volunteer hands her a brochure with information on how the heart works. The student then proceeds through huge veins to a valve. A video explains what happens in this location of the heart. The student can hear the heart beating as she walks into one of the chambers. She touches the heart wall and can feel it pulsing.

What is most likely the combined effect of having multiple modalities, mediums, and formats in the heart model?

People who experience the heart model will be informed by the video.
People who visit the model will understand the human heart and how it functions.
People who visit the model will gain the most information from the brochure.
People who experience the model will become experts in heart anatomy.

Answer 1

People who visit the model will understand the human heart and how it functions.

Reason: Combining modalities (visual, auditory, tactile), mediums (brochure, video, physical model), and formats supports multisensory and dual‑coding learning, which improves comprehension and retention of complex systems. The brochure or video alone might inform, and the exhibit won’t automatically produce experts, but the multimodal experience most likely leads to better overall understanding.