Construction of cognitive maps to improve e-book reading and navigation
ARTICLE
Liang-Yi Li, Gwo-Dong Chen, Sheng-Jie Yang
Computers & Education Volume 60, Number 1, ISSN 0360-1315 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
People have greater difficulty reading academic textbooks on screen than on paper. One notable problem is that they cannot construct an effective cognitive map because of the lack of contextual information cues and ineffective navigational mechanisms in e-books. To support the construction of cognitive maps, this paper proposes the visual cue map, which presents pages and within-page spatial cues in an interactive toolbar, and reflects the physical structure of the book and the relative relationship between cues and pages. An e-book reading system integrated with the visual cue map and 2 reading strategies—surveying and questioning—was developed, and an experiment was conducted to examine the effect of the visual cue map on the reading, reviewing, and navigational performance of readers. The results showed that participants who used the system with the visual cue map spent significantly less time to complete 10 navigational tasks and gained a higher reviewing score. Based on the results, we conclude that the visual cue map can improve navigational performance, which also improves reviewing performance. The improvements may be due to the visual cue map helping the construction of cognitive maps.
Citation
Li, L.Y., Chen, G.D. & Yang, S.J. (2013). Construction of cognitive maps to improve e-book reading and navigation. Computers & Education, 60(1), 32-39. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/132178/.
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Full text is availabe on Science Direct: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2012.07.010Keywords
- Cognitive Mapping
- Computer Assisted Instruction
- Computer Interfaces
- Cues
- educational technology
- Electronic Publishing
- Experiments
- Human–computer interface
- Instructional Effectiveness
- interaction
- Interactive Learning Environments
- navigation
- Navigation (Information Systems)
- Reading Improvement
- Reading Strategies
- Student Improvement
- Teaching/Learning Strategies
- Textbooks
- Visual Stimuli