Greater use of the navigation map is associated with less relevant searching in a hypermedia learning task¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 1997 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i2 More visits to and more time on the navigation map correlated negatively with search ratio (rho = −0.33 and −0.31), meaning more map use accompanied less task-relevant information access. → Stanton 1997

Evidence¶

Stanton 1997¶

Stanton, N., Correia, A. P. and Dias, P. (1997). Efficacy of a map on search, orientation and access behaviour in a hypermedia system. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Efficacy+of+a+map+on+search+orientation+and+access+behaviour+in+a+hypermedia+system

q2 · i2 · associational · r1

Correlational analysis of log-file data from 22 high school students using the tectonic-plates hypermedia prototype. The printed Spearman correlation coefficients are rho = −0.33 and rho = −0.31 (effect sizes |r| = .33 and |r| = .31, medium-range), showing "more visits to the map, less relevant search".

"a negative correlation coefficient between frequency/time of visit to the map and search ratio (−0.33 and −0.31, respectively) that shows an inverse effort, that is, more visits to the map, less relevant search"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Nearly a third of students never used the navigation map and overall task-test performance was mediocre — related
• Students who spent the longest time looking at the map found the least relevant information — related
• Frequent map users showed higher orientation and access ratios, yet orientation and access remained the weakest performance ratios — related
• Groups differing in frequency of map visits differed on orientation and access ratios but not significantly on task-test scores — related