The effects of individual differences and visual instructional aids on disorientation, learning performance and attitudes in a Hypermedia Learning System

Abstract: Research suggests that certain visual instructional aids can reduce levels of disorientation and increase learning performance in, and positive attitudes towards, HLS for learners with specific individual differences. However, existing studies have looked at only one or two individual diff...

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Publicado en:Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 2182 - 2199
Autores principales: Ruttun, Rishi D., Macredie, Robert D.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Nov2012
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        Individual differences
        Attitude (Psychology)
        Students
        Visual education
        Performance evaluation
        Interactive multimedia
        Teaching aids
        Cognitive psychology
        Visual aids
        Educational evaluation
        Cognitive styles
        Learning strategies
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          Individual differences
          Attitude (Psychology)
          Students
          Visual education
          Performance evaluation
          Interactive multimedia
          Teaching aids
          Cognitive psychology
          Visual aids
          Educational evaluation
          Cognitive styles
          Learning strategies
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        Attitudes
        Disorientation, learning performance
        Hypermedia learning
        Visual support
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        Disorientation, learning performance
        Hypermedia learning
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      ab: Abstract: Research suggests that certain visual instructional aids can reduce levels of disorientation and increase learning performance in, and positive attitudes towards, HLS for learners with specific individual differences. However, existing studies have looked at only one or two individual differences at a time, and/or considered only a small number of visual instructional aids. No study has considered the impact of the three most commonly studied individual differences – cognitive style, domain knowledge and computer experience – on learning performance, disorientation and attitudes in a HLS incorporating a full range of visual instructional aids. The study reported here addresses this shortcoming, examining the effects of, and between, these three individual differences in relation to learning performance, disorientation and attitudes in two HLS versions: one that incorporated a full set of visual instructional aids and one that did not. Significant effects were found between the three individual differences with respect to disorientation, learning performance and attitudes in the HLS that provided no instructional aids, whereas no such effects were found for the other HLS version. Analysis of the results led to a set of HLS design guidelines, presented in the paper, and the development of an agenda for future research. Limitations of the study and their implications for the generalizability of the findings are also presented.
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