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Download full textBunz, Ulla K. – 2001
This paper discusses Web site usability issues. Specifically, it assumes that the usability of a Web site depends more on the perception of the user than on the objectively assessable usability criteria of the Web site. Two pilot studies, based on theoretical notions of uses and gratifications theory and similar theories, are presented. In the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Protocol Analysis
Lackey, James R. – 1994
The elements of statistical formulae that cause people to perceive them as difficult were studied, working from theoretical bases that involve cognitive load, motivational perception, and impasse driven learning. In a pilot study conducted to identify difficulties that novices perceive while learning statistical formulae, 22 students in an…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Equations (Mathematics)
Direct linkJones, Ken; McLean, Monica; Amigoni, David; Kinsman, Margaret – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2005
Two university English seminars were video-recorded to provide data for a pilot project investigating how English is produced or "actualized" in teaching and learning encounters. The project is positioned within three contexts: national policy about higher education teaching; current research about higher education pedagogy; and, the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Protocol Analysis, Protocol Materials
Peer reviewedHess, Brian – Computers & Education, 1999
Describes a study that was conducted to describe and interpret the cognition of a graduate student during information retrieval using the World Wide Web. Results of observation, think aloud protocols, and an in-depth interview are discussed within a theory of information processing, and implications for future research are suggested. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Futures (of Society), Graduate Students, Higher Education
Wimbish, G. Joseph – 1990
Peer oral protocols and group oral protocols were assessed for their use in improving certain analytic skills of undergraduate college students at a liberal arts college in Alabama. In association with the study, the theoretical and experimental literature on the use of peer and group educational interventions is outlined briefly. Subjects were…
Descriptors: Algebra, Analogy, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Tests
Hess, Brian – 1999
The purpose of this study was to describe and interpret the cognition of a graduate student during information retrieval using the World Wide Web. The participant was a doctoral student in psychology with little experience using the Internet, and even less experience with the World Wide Web. The student performed an open search of her dissertation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education
