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Browsing while reading: effects of instructional design and learners' prior knowledge

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dc.creator Theimo Müller-Kalthoff
dc.creator Jens Möller
dc.date 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:33:44Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:33:44Z
dc.identifier 10.3402/rlt.v14i2.10955
dc.identifier 2156-7069
dc.identifier 2156-7077
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/8060247d6edd4fd0ac6a6dc9afaa5232
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/31274
dc.description One of the key reasons that multimedia, and particularly hypertext systems, are gaining in importance is that they inspire hopes of optimizing learners' processes of knowledge construction. The present study is concerned with the respective influence of individual learner variables (i.e. particularly domain-specific prior knowledge) on the use of different design attributes. Thirty-six university students worked through a hierarchically structured two-part hypertext about the psychology of memory under two experimental browsing conditions (reduced versus free browsing). Results show that deeper-level comprehension (i.e. structural knowledge) was predicted by the interaction of experimental condition and prior knowledge, but that simply retaining facts was not. Participants with low prior knowledge performed better on the comprehension test if they had worked on the version with reduced access. Moreover, the version with reduced access helped to reduce feelings of disorientation. The measure of disorientation also appeared to be closely linked with the individual's computer experience, self-concept of computer ability and subject-related interest. The main implications for educational practice relate to the design of an adaptive multimedia and hypertext learning system and the successful learning with it.
dc.language English
dc.relation http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10955
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7069
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7077
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source Research in Learning Technology, Vol 14, Iss 2 (2006)
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Browsing while reading: effects of instructional design and learners' prior knowledge
dc.type article


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