A process model of hypertext reading was used to generate predictions about the effects of
hypertext features on cognitive processing during text navigation and comprehension. We …

Contrary to system-controlled multimedia learning environments, hypermedia systems are
characterized by a high level of interactivity. This interactivity is referred to as learner control …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

The Skills of Document Use: From Text Comprehension to Web-Based Learning examines
functional literacy from a psychological standpoint. It offers a comprehensive discussion of …

We begin this chapter with a defi nition of constructively responsive reading comprehension
strategies. We then describe the theoretical and practical signifi cance of the investigation of …

This volume's goal is to provide readers with up-to-date information on the research and
theory of scientific text comprehension. It is widely acknowledged that the comprehension of …

This study explored the effects of prior knowledge (high vs. low; HPK and LPK) and concept-
map structure (hierarchical vs. network; HS and NS) on disorientation, cognitive load, and …

Das Studienbuch behandelt die Aspekte der Spracherwerbs-und
Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung, die besonders für das Lernen und das Lehren sowie das …

Men must keep thinking; and the data assumed by psychology, just like those assumed by
physics and the other natural sciences, must some time be overhauled. The effort to …

The question of how we learn from hypertext is more complicated than that of how we learn
from traditional text. Although all the same elements of character decoding, word …