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Moments of Joy: Student Engagement and Conceptual Learning in the Design of Hypermedia Documents
K-12 - Qualitative Research; Pearl Chen, California State University and Diane McGrath, Kansas State University
This study examined student engagement and the impact of hypermedia documents on conceptual learning. Student engagement was defined in this study as enjoyment, concentration, perceived control, exploration, and challenge. This engagement was monitored in four hypermedia tasks: chunking, linking, naming paths, and information organization. The study found a high degree of engagement in information organization and the students demonstrated greater understanding expressed in final knowledge representations. While students experienced differences in cognition and conceptual learning, the organization of information kept them engaged in challenging assignments.
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