| The role of interface style in planning during problem solving (2005) | |||||||||||||
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| The role interface style planning during problem solving Christof van Nimwegen christof Herre van Oostendorp herre Hermina Tabachneck Schijf schijf Center for Content and Knowledge Engineering Utrecht University Padualaan Uithof Utrecht The Netherlands Abstract argued that support from interface during problem solving can make interaction easier Interfaces often display relevant information making recall unnecessary and relieving working memory called externalization However externalizing information might not necessarily instigate planning understanding and knowledge acquisition from the user previous studies the effects externalizing information interface not always converged describe experiment investigating the influences inducement plan and externalizing information problem solving Contrary others findings advantages externalization were found Instead NOT externalizing requiring internalization yielded advantages and facilitated planning from the user Keywords Interface knowledge acquisition screen representation planning problem solving externalization Introduction Many cognitive tasks are computer based nowadays explore multimedia environments and use computers education entertainment office tasks and many other domains Computer interfaces are often complex and applications can have hundreds functions Designing the right computer interface for the right task can tricky and this gave rise whole domain human computer interaction research Usability became buzzword One not | |||||||||||||
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