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ERIC Number: EJ524774
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-6504
The Effects of Content-Structure Focusing on Learner Structural Knowledge Acquisition, Retention, and Disorientation in a Hypermedia Environment.
Beasley, Robert E.; Waugh, Michael E.
Journal of Research on Computing in Education, v28 n3 p271-81 Spr 1996
Describes a study of 61 undergraduates that investigated the effects of hypermedia content-structure focusing on learner's structural knowledge acquisition, retention, and disorientation. Use of a Completely Randomized Multivariate Analysis of Variance design for hypothesis testing is explained and implications for hypermedia design are discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Correlation, Courseware, Higher Education, Hypermedia, Hypothesis Testing, Learning Processes, Multivariate Analysis, Predictor Variables, Retention (Psychology), Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Content Structure; Knowledge Acquisition