Our second hypothesis, that demonstrations in class would be most effective for comprehension,
was also not supported. Instead, our findings indicate that demonstrations were
no more effective for comprehension items than they were for knowledge level items.
However, demonstrations were most effective for application level test items. This was
somewhat surprising, as it was argued that while demonstrations increase attention and
enjoyment, they only allow a few students from the classroom to actually manipulate and
apply the information, leaving the rest of the students unengaged. However, it would appear
that just watching others apply the information to a new situation is enough to learn
the application oneself.