| Performance in a planning task: The (ir)relevance of interface style and user's cognitive style (2005) | |||||||||||
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| Performance planning task The relevance interface style and users cognitive style Christof van Nimwegen Center for Content and Knowledge Engineering Utrecht University Padualaan Utrecht The Netherlands christof ABSTRACT Daniel Burgos Educational Technology Expertise Centre Open University the Netherlands Valkenburgerweg Heerlen The Netherlands daniel burgos users working memory they can devote maximum cognitive resources the task hand way implement this make parts the interface contextsensitive hiding disabling functions that are not applicable such the grayed out menu items Microsoft Office This called the externalization information onto the interface the opposite situation when such features are provided user has internalize the information store this information his her memory Although research showed that supporting the user this way can make tasks easier perform may also have some negative consequences for task performance and knowledge acquisition The knowledge gained using externalizationbased interface may volatile and difficult transfer other situations This not always disadvantage with trivial task but can undesirable when learning gaining insight itself exactly the aim the task Research Hara and Payne provide support for this point view stating that too strong reliance external information leads negative effects regarding planning and transfer skills They drew distinction between planbased and display based problem solving plan based problem solving one uses detai | |||||||||||
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