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Maps as navigation aids in hypertext: an empirical evaluation

Maps as navigation aids in hypertext: an empirical evaluation
Maps as navigation aids in hypertext: an empirical evaluation

A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource.
Describes a study of undergraduates at Aston University (United Kingdom) that investigated whether maps were an appropriate navigational aid for searching in a hypertext environment. Task performance, system use, previous computer experience, perceptions of the system, and cognitive map data are examined; and implications for hypertext system designers are suggested.
1055-8896
431-444
Stanton, N.A.
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Taylor, R.G.
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Tweedie, L.A.
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Stanton, N.A.
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Taylor, R.G.
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Tweedie, L.A.
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Stanton, N.A., Taylor, R.G. and Tweedie, L.A. (1992) Maps as navigation aids in hypertext: an empirical evaluation. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1 (4), 431-444.

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A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource.
Describes a study of undergraduates at Aston University (United Kingdom) that investigated whether maps were an appropriate navigational aid for searching in a hypertext environment. Task performance, system use, previous computer experience, perceptions of the system, and cognitive map data are examined; and implications for hypertext system designers are suggested.

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Published date: 1992

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Local EPrints ID: 73933
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/73933
ISSN: 1055-8896
PURE UUID: 5045468f-e337-4dc4-9dae-bcaebc9190e8
ORCID for N.A. Stanton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3279

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 23 Jul 2022 02:00

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Author: N.A. Stanton ORCID iD
Author: R.G. Taylor
Author: L.A. Tweedie

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