Behavioral evaluation and analysis of a hypertext browser

Dennis E. Egan, Joel R. Remde, Thomas K. Landauer, Carol C. Lochbaum, Louis M. Gomez

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Abstract

Students performed a variety of tasks using a statistics text presented either in conventional printed form or via the text browser " SuperBook" (Remde, Gomez and Landauer [18]). Students using SuperBook answered more search questions correctly, wrote higher quality "open-book" essays, and recalled certain incidental information better than students using the conventional text. Subjective ratings overwhelmingly favored SuperBook. The advantage of SuperBook appears to be particularly strong for questions that are not anticipated by the author's organization of a text.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 1989
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages205-210
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)0897913019, 9780897913010
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989
Externally publishedYes
Event1989 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 1989 - Austin, TX, United States
Duration: Apr 30 1989Jun 4 1989

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference1989 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 1989
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin, TX
Period4/30/896/4/89

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

Keywords

  • Browser
  • Documentation
  • Hypertext
  • Learning
  • Text retrieval

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