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Hypertext navigation, goal (dis)orientation, and the role of mental models : an empirical investigation
Bibliography: leaves 134-148.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/7933 Hypertext navigation, goal (dis)orientation, and the role of mental models : an empirical investigation Ipser, Jonathan Bokhorst, Frank Research Psychology Bibliography: leaves 134-148. An exploratory investigation into the capabilities of hypertext as an educational medium was conducted. To this purpose, a model was advanced in an attempt to provide a theoretical foundation for the explication of hypertext navigation and disorientation in terms of relevant user characteristics. 75 2nd year psychology students from the University of Cape Town participated in a study in order to investigate the claim that the motivational theory of goal orientation has the greatest utility in accounting for the exploitation of links within a hypertext, a necessary precondition for the development of mental models which incorporate both the conceptual and structural elements required for effective learning from, and the reduction of disorientation within, this medium. The results obtained, although compromised, provide some support for this argument. The paper concludes with a discussion of the methodological limitations of the study, as well as possible directions for future research. 2014-10-02T10:03:16Z 2014-10-02T10:03:16Z 2002 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7933 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Research Psychology Ipser, Jonathan Hypertext navigation, goal (dis)orientation, and the role of mental models : an empirical investigation |
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| title | Hypertext navigation, goal (dis)orientation, and the role of mental models : an empirical investigation |
| title_full | Hypertext navigation, goal (dis)orientation, and the role of mental models : an empirical investigation |
| title_fullStr | Hypertext navigation, goal (dis)orientation, and the role of mental models : an empirical investigation |
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| title_short | Hypertext navigation, goal (dis)orientation, and the role of mental models : an empirical investigation |
| title_sort | hypertext navigation goal dis orientation and the role of mental models an empirical investigation |
| topic | Research Psychology |
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