TY - GEN
T1 - WHAT KIND OF MINIMAL INSTRUCTION MANUAL IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE.
AU - Black, John B.
AU - Carroll, John M.
AU - McGuigan, Stuart M.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - An empirical study examined the effectiveness of four different versions of a self-instruction manual for a word processing system: a Skeletal version that explicitly states only the essential information, an Inferential version that has the user infer some of the essential information, a Rehearsal version that is like the Skeletal manual, but adds opportunities to rehearse the explicitly stated information, and a Lengthy version that adds nonessential explanatory and descriptive information to the Skeletal version. The best learning performance was obtained with the inferential approach, particularly for more realistic tasks.
AB - An empirical study examined the effectiveness of four different versions of a self-instruction manual for a word processing system: a Skeletal version that explicitly states only the essential information, an Inferential version that has the user infer some of the essential information, a Rehearsal version that is like the Skeletal manual, but adds opportunities to rehearse the explicitly stated information, and a Lengthy version that adds nonessential explanatory and descriptive information to the Skeletal version. The best learning performance was obtained with the inferential approach, particularly for more realistic tasks.
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U2 - 10.1145/29933.275623
DO - 10.1145/29933.275623
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0023542245
SN - 0897912136
SN - 9780897912136
T3 - Proceedings - Graphics Interface
SP - 159
EP - 162
BT - Proceedings - Graphics Interface
PB - ACM Inc
ER -