Variables of Computer Screen Display and How They Affect Learning.

Hathaway, Michael D.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Variables of Computer Screen Display and How They Affect Learning.

Hathaway, Michael D.

Educational Technology, v24 n1 p7-11 Jan 1984

Reviews research findings on variables in computer screen displays and their effects on learning for use by purchasers or designers of computer systems for instructional purposes. Variables discussed include fatigue, density of displayed text, scrolling, upper-case vesus upper- and lower-case lettering, letter size, and graphics. Ten references are listed. (MBR)

Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Design Requirements, Display Systems, Educational Research, Fatigue (Biology), Human Factors Engineering, Learning, Literature Reviews, Microcomputers, Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate, Reading Research

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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