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A Wizard of Oz Study of Advice Giving and Following.
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Hill, William C. – Human-Computer Interaction, 1993
Describes a study of graduate students that observed the interaction between users of a graphical statistical package and a human playing the role of a simulated intelligent advisory system to guide the design of advice-offering user-assistance software. The use of video to examine the users' role in the interaction is discussed. (Contains 37…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Graduate Students
Cognitive Architectures and Human-Computer Interaction. Introduction to Special Issue.
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Gray, Wayne D.; Young, Richard M.; Kirschenbaum, Susan S. – Human-Computer Interaction, 1997
In this introduction to a special issue on cognitive architectures and human-computer interaction (HCI), editors and contributors provide a brief overview of cognitive architectures. The following four architectures represented by articles in this issue are: Soar; LICAI (linked model of comprehension-based action planning and instruction taking);…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction
Cognitive Support: Extending Human Knowledge and Processing Capacities.
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Neerincx, Mark A.; de Greef, H. Paul – Human-Computer Interaction, 1998
This study of 40 undergraduates examined whether aiding as cognitive support (i.e., offering computer users knowledge they are missing) can supplement lack of knowledge and capacity under tasks with high mental loading, such as dealing with irregularities in process control. Users of a railway traffic control simulator dealt better and faster with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Simulation