Sleuthing in HyperHolmes : a<sup>TM</sup>an evaluation of using hypertext vs. a book to answer questions

Leventhal, Laura Marie; Teasley, Barbee; Instone, Keith; Rohlman, Diane S.; Farhat, John H.

doi:10.1080/01449299308924376

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“…This finding is generally consistent with previous studies reporting slower reading times from computer screens (Muter, Latremouille, Treurniet, & Beam, 1982;Gould & Grischkowsky, 1984;Kruk & Muter, 1984;Gould et al, 1987;Leventhal, Teasley, Instone, Rohlman, & Farhat, 1993;Martin & Platt, 2001;Kerr & Symons, 2006). However, a 36% slower reading speed on LCD monitors is even worse than the findings of the previous studies that reported a 15-30% slower reading speed when reading from a computer screen relative to paper.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Although the format of the material was exactly the same on the CRT and on paper, participants proofread significantly more slowly on CRTs than on paper (159 words versus 205 words per minute, that is 22% slower). These findings were supported in a number of other later studies (Kruk & Muter, 1984;Gould et al, 1987;Leventhal, Teasley, Instone, Rohlman, & Farhat, 1993;Martin & Platt, 2001; Kerr & Symons, 2006). Leventhal, Teasley, Instone, Rohlman, and Farhat (1993) examined readers locating information in an encyclopedia presented on a computer screen and on paper.…”

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confidence: 62%

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Reading from an LCD monitor versus paper: Teenagers’ reading performance

Kim¹,

Kim²

2013

IJRSET

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The purpose of the study was to examine differences in reading performance when an electronic test format with a scrolling text mode on a LCD monitor and a traditional paper test format were used to present reading tests to teenagers who belong to Generation Z. In this study, participants were 108 high school students who each read two different reading passages, one from paper and the other from an LCD monitor. The results show that teenagers' reading performance is affected by a presentation medium. Teenagers scored significantly higher on the paper reading comprehension tests than on the electronic ones, with average scores of 76 and 61 respectively. In addition, teenagers took much longer time to read passages and answer questions on the electronic tests than the paper tests. The paper tests only took teenagers an average of 10 minutes, but the electronic tests took an average of 16 minutes to complete. Several other variables such as gender and presentation medium preference were also tested against the variables of reading performance. These findings have strong implications for educators and educational administrators.

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Reading from an LCD monitor versus paper: Teenagers’ reading performance

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Kim²

2013

IJRSET

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“…Canter et al 5 have been attributed with the emergence of the metaphor 13 which has been advocated by a number of researchers. 6,8,9,15,32 However, other authors have expressed concern over the rapid and seemingly overwhelming acceptance of the metaphor. 13,[33][34][35][36] Having presented an overview of hypertext systems, and a brief description of how users interact with them, it should be clear how firmly entrenched the spatial metaphor is in the hypertext literature.…”

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“…5,6 Navigational tools modeled after real-world navigational aids such as maps appear to enhance performance on some measures [7][8][9][10][11] but not on others. [12][13][14][15][16] Correlational data on the relationship between spatial ability and performance has shown increases in speed of performance with higher spatial ability, 17,18 but marginal effects on the accuracy of performance. 19 Therefore, the empirical evidence to date has not resolved the issue of how or to what degree spatial processing is involved in the efficiency and effectiveness of hypertext use.…”

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How Spatial Is Hyperspace? Interacting with Hypertext Documents: Cognitive Processes and Concepts

Boechler

2001

CyberPsychology & Behavior

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The World Wide Web provides us with a widely accessible technology, fast access to massive amounts of information and services, and the opportunity for personal interaction with numerous individuals simultaneously. Underlying and influencing all of these activities is our basic conceptualization of this new environment; an environment we can view as having a cognitive component (hyperspace) and a social component (cyberspace). This review argues that cognitive psychologists have a key role to play in the identification and analysis of how the processes of the mind interact with the Web. The body of literature on cognitive processes provides us with knowledge about spatial perceptions, strategies for navigation in space, memory functions and limitations, and the formation of mental representations of environments. Researchers of human cognition can offer established methodologies and conceptual frameworks toward investigation of the cognitions involved in the use of electronic environments like the Web. 23

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“…Like those on the hypermedia system for learning, studies on hypermedia for information retrieval have engendered inconsistent findings. Several studies found that using a hypermedia system resulted in better search performance than using other nonlinear information systems (Egan, Remde, Landauer, Lockbaum & Gomez, 1989;Gary & Shasha, 1989;Leventhal, Teasley, Instone, Rohlman, & Farhat, 1993), whereas others found the opposite (Marchionini & Shneiderman, 1988;McKnight, Dillon, & Richardson, 1990). This inconsistency in findings might have been due to variables other than the hypermedia technology, such as differences in users, tasks, and so on.…”

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Implications of User Characteristics in Information Seeking on the World Wide Web

Kim

2001

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

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The study described in this article investigated how differences in cognitive style and online search experience influence the search performance and navigational pattern of individuals utilizing a university World Wide Web (WWW) site. Forty-eight undergraduate students with diverse academic backgrounds participated in the study. On the basis of cognitive style and prior experience with online database search, the participants were assigned to 1 of the following groups: (a) field-dependent (FD) with little or no online search experience, (b) FD with substantial online search experience, (c) field-independent (FI) with little or no online search experience, and (d) FI with substantial online search experience. It was found that cognitive style influenced search time, whereas online search experience affected navigational style, such as jumps and layer traversal. Cognitive style and online search experience also interacted to influence search performance and navigational style. FDs with little or no online search experience navigated the WWW in a fairly linear mode, using embedded links frequently. They also tended to visit more nodes and used "Home" more frequently than the rest. The results imply that as FD searchers gain more online search experience, their navigational style and search performance change and become comparable to that of FDs. Based on these findings, some suggestions are made to improve the WWW interface and WWW user training programs.

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Sleuthing in HyperHolmes : a^TMan evaluation of using hypertext vs. a book to answer questions

Cited by 37 publications

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Reading from an LCD monitor versus paper: Teenagers’ reading performance

Reading from an LCD monitor versus paper: Teenagers’ reading performance

How Spatial Is Hyperspace? Interacting with Hypertext Documents: Cognitive Processes and Concepts

Implications of User Characteristics in Information Seeking on the World Wide Web

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Sleuthing in HyperHolmes : aTMan evaluation of using hypertext vs. a book to answer questions

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Reading from an LCD monitor versus paper: Teenagers’ reading performance

Reading from an LCD monitor versus paper: Teenagers’ reading performance

How Spatial Is Hyperspace? Interacting with Hypertext Documents: Cognitive Processes and Concepts

Implications of User Characteristics in Information Seeking on the World Wide Web

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