Hi All:

I am working on a team of evaluators for a web-based textbook.  It is
an entire curriculum package of a greatly reduced textbook, wet labs,
and a huge website with interactives.

My question comes from my observations of students and teachers using
the interactive pages on the website.  Students and teachers are
reacting to the website activities like a visitor to an exhibit.  For
example students will click until they can get something to move
before reading about the activity. If nothing moves, they will assume
it is “broken” and move on.  Another example is that the most
successful text is designed similar to exhibit labeling.

Does anyone have any ideas who may have written a paper or noticed
anything similar?  Any suggestions?

Betsy


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