Mental Models and Text Schemas: Why Computer Based Tutorials Should Be Considered a Communication Medium.

Martindale, Michael J.

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ERIC Number: EJ485273

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Publication Date: 1993

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Mental Models and Text Schemas: Why Computer Based Tutorials Should Be Considered a Communication Medium.

Martindale, Michael J.

Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, v20 n4 p107-12 Fall 1993

Computer users need not form a mental model to describe what is happening during a tutorial. Rather, users need to form text schemas, and tutorials should be thought of as a communication medium. Tutorials should be considered to be like books, and hypertext may be the best structure for them. (Contains 40 references.) (JLB)

Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Hypermedia, Learner Controlled Instruction, Teaching Machines

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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