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A Methodological Alternative to Media Comparison Studies: Linking Information Utilization Strategies and Instructional Approach in Hypermedia Learning

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Literature reviews on hypermedia learning have yet failed to show consistent positive effects of learner-controlled nonlinear information access.We argue that a possible reason for this lack of evidence in favor of hypermedia learning results from the fact that not sufficient attention is paid to the strategies of information utilization learners deploy.The few studies that do analyze these strategies fail to link them to an instructional approach, which hampers a deeper interpretation of strategy patterns.Our study showed that different groups of learners can be distinguished according to their strategies used in an example-based hypermedia environment and that these groups differ with regard to learning outcomes, but not individual learner characteristics.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: Catrambone, Richard, Gerjets, Peter, Scheiter, Katharina, Vollmann, Brigitte

Institutions: Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Tübingen, Freie Universität Berlin

Language: English

Topic: Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2188319908

FWCI: 0.796

Cites: 19

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10