Advance Organizer 4

Burton, Moore, & Holmes. Hypermedia concepts and research: An overview.

1. How was the study conducted? How were the treatment groups categorized? What was the purpose of the study? Why was the study considered important?

2. What is hypermedia according to these authors? What are the two streams of development that led to todayÕs hypermedia?

3. What is dual coding?

4. What is cue summation? (This question suggests that you be able to define cue.)
5. Why might cue summation be important for learning using hypermedia?

6. Define field dependence and field independence. How are these processes similar/different? Which type of learner are advance organizers more helpful for?

7. Describe how dual coding, cue summation, and field dependence/independence (or other cognitive issues presented in this article) relate to hypermedia.

1. List the problems that the author argues must be solved before we can use the Internet effectively in education.

2. Have you seen examples of the problems that the author provides? Describe them.

3. Do you agree with the authorÕs assessment of the InternetÕs problems? Are there solutions that are available now that werenÕt available when the article was written?

1. What are the three ways the authors encourage teachers to develep self-directed learning? Why is self-directed learning important, according to the authors?

2. What are the three components of self-directed learning?

3. What is scaffolding? How can scaffolding be used to facilitate self-directed learning in a CAI environment?

4. List and briefly describe the authorsÕ recommendations for using technology to facilitate self-directed learning?

5. Why was this article included in the hypermedia and the World Wide Web unit?

1. What is metacognition? What are the categories of metacognition that Ayersman describes?

2. How does metacognition fit into a cognitive picture of how the mind works? What is knowledge structure? What is a concept map?

3. How was the study conducted? How were the groups categorized? What was the purpose of the study? Why was the study considered important?

4. What are the results of the study? How do these results apply to CAI?

1. What is a graphical browser? How does it relate to hypermedia?

2. What is the purpose of the study? Describe how the participants are divided into treatment groups.

3. What do the authors mean by path?

4. What do the authors conclude about how the participants used hypermedia? What kinds of problems do these conclusions pose for learning/teaching with hypermedia?

5. What are possible solutions to the problems that hypermedia present?

6. How do the problems and solutions presented in this study compare/contrast to those presented in AyersmanÕs study?

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