The effects of metaphors on novice and expert learners' performance and mental-model development

Hsu, Yu-chen

doi:10.1016/j.intcom.2005.10.008

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“…The theoretical constructs ''mental model", ''conceptual model", ''mental representation", ''frames", and ''schemata" are also discussed widely in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) as they are especially interesting because of their practical implications (Ben-Ari and Yeshno, 2006;Farris et al, 2002;Green, 1994;Hsu, 2006;Otter and Johnson, 2000;Payne, 2007). The users' mental models on how a device works may influence their interaction with it and therefore it is important to be aware of these models in order to improve design (Rouse and Morris, 1986).…”

Section: Mental Models Of Web Pages and Their Benefitmentioning

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Mental models for web objects: Where do users expect to find the most frequent objects in online shops, news portals, and company web pages?

Roth

Schmutz

Pauwels

et al. 2010

Interacting with Computers

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a b s t r a c tIn interface development, it is crucial to reflect the users' expectations and mental models. By meeting users' expectations, errors can be prevented and the efficiency of the interaction can be enhanced. Applying these guidelines to website development reveals the need to know where users expect to find the most common web objects like the search field, home button or the navigation. In a preliminary online study with 136 participants, the most common web objects were identified for three web page types: online shops, news portals, and company web pages. These objects were used for the main study, which was conducted with 516 participants. In an online application, prototypical websites had to be constructed by the participants. Data analysis showed that Internet users have distinct mental models for different web page types (online shop, news portal, and company web page). Users generally agree about the locations of many, but not all, web objects. These mental models are robust to demographic factors like gender and web expertise. This knowledge could be used to improve the perception and usability of websites.

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Section: Mental Models Of Web Pages and Their Benefitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mental models for web objects: Where do users expect to find the most frequent objects in online shops, news portals, and company web pages?

Roth

Schmutz

Pauwels

et al. 2010

Interacting with Computers

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“…For instance, experimental works stressed that a previous mental representation of contents may guide subsequent processing of the same contents: a previous mental representation structured in a similar way with a document structure leads readers to higher text base scores [54] or to better processing of details [27], but not to higher situation model scores. Different techniques to measure knowledge structure are available: for example, the technique of pathfinder networks [55] or the technique of cards clustering [56].…”

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Exploratory Study of Relations Between Prior Knowledge, Comprehension, Disorientation and On-Line Processes in Hypertext

Amadieu¹,

Tricot²

2009

TOERGJ

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An exploratory experiment was carried out in order to question the relationships between prior knowledge, comprehension performance, on-line processes and disorientation in a non-linear document (hypertext). 14 participants read a non-linear document about a virus' infectiousness process which imposed to learners to construct themselves their reading orders and also a structure of the document. Correlational analyses were conducted to test the relations between the variables. Results indicated that the prior knowledge was positively correlated with the learning performance, the coherence of the reading orders, and negatively with the time spent to construct a document structure. Correlations between the prior knowledge and the disorientation indicated a marginal negative relation. The results stressed also significant correlations between the on-line processes and the comprehension performance. Interestingly, the observed correlations between the on-line processes and the disorientation suggested that the disorientation was function of difficulties to construct the document structure rather than difficulties to construct a reading order. The present study highlighted how prior knowledge constitutes resources to process non-linear documents and what type of on-line processes are related to disorientation.

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“…The second branch stepped out of psychology and applied mental models to support better interaction between people and the external world. Typical research interests include the role of mental models in learning and training [12][13][14][15] and using computers and appliances [16][17][18][19].…”

Section: Mental Modelsmentioning

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How Influential Are Mental Models on Interaction Performance? Exploring the Gap between Users’ and Designers’ Mental Models through a New Quantitative Method

Xie

Zhou

Wang

2017

Advances in Human-Computer Interaction

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The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of the gap between two different mental models on interaction performance through a quantitative way. To achieve that, an index called mental model similarity and a new method called path diagram to elicit mental models were introduced. There are two kinds of similarity: directionless similarity calculated from card sorting and directional similarity calculated from path diagram. An experiment was designed to test their influence. A total of 32 college students participated and their performance was recorded. Through mathematical analysis of the results, three findings were derived. Frist, the more complex the information structures, the lower the directional similarity. Second, directional similarity (rather than directionless similarity) had significant influence on user performance, indicating that it is more effective in eliciting mental models using path diagram than card sorting. Third, the relationship between information structures and user performance was partially mediated by directional similarity. Our findings provide practitioners with a new perspective of bridging the gap between users' and designers' mental models.

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The effects of metaphors on novice and expert learners' performance and mental-model development

Cited by 45 publications

References 22 publications

Mental models for web objects: Where do users expect to find the most frequent objects in online shops, news portals, and company web pages?

Mental models for web objects: Where do users expect to find the most frequent objects in online shops, news portals, and company web pages?

Exploratory Study of Relations Between Prior Knowledge, Comprehension, Disorientation and On-Line Processes in Hypertext

How Influential Are Mental Models on Interaction Performance? Exploring the Gap between Users’ and Designers’ Mental Models through a New Quantitative Method

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