22 students who were majoring in an education related field were selected for the study. Interpersonal differences were controlled for by use of EEGs. This yielded subjects who were right-handed females between the ages of 18 and 23 without any known brain disorders. Half of the subjects were from a low or middle socioeconomic class, and the other ten subjects were from higher income households. Many of them had varying ways of reading online texts.

Subjects selected to test the impact of leads in hypertexts on cognitive load

In hypertexts, leads will allow readers to focus on the texts and create better situational models to represent their learning.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Hypertext is a form of knowledge representation on computer devices where some elements from each page anchor to other pages.

Hypertext

Antonenko, P. D., & Niederhauser, D. S. (2010). The influence of leads on cognitive load and learning in a hypertext environment. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 140-150. doi:lO.l016/j.chb.2009.lO.0I4


The influence of leads on cognitive load and learning in a hypertext environment

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Leads in Hypertexts

A Hyperlink is an element in a hypertext page that anchors to other hypertext pages. Users can mouse click, key press, or screen touch a hyperlink to navigate to the corresponding pages.

Hyperlink

Although it is conventionally called "Hypertext," other types of content, such as tables, images, video, ... are usually included in hypertext pages. For this purpose, some people use the term "Hypermedia."

Hypermedia

- Document-centered hypertext
- Browser-based hypertext
- Spatial hypertext.


Hypertext Types

Hypertext Reading

The Markup Language that hypertext pages are written in.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

> "Hyper-" comes from the Greek prefix "ὑπερ-" and means "over" or "beyond"; it has a common origin with the prefix "super-" which comes from Latin. It signifies the overcoming of the previous linear constraints of written text.

> "'Hyper-' is used in the mathematical sense of extension and generality (as in 'hyperspace,' 'hypercube') rather than the medical sense of 'excessive' ('hyperactivity'). There is no implication about size— a hypertext could contain only 500 words or so. 'Hyper-' refers to structure and not size."

Hypertext Etymology

Hypertext is the infrastructure of the content on the World Wide Web, where often webpages are Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files.

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