TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of a computer-based instructional package about eating disorders
AU - Kerwin, Mary Louise E.
N1 - Funding Information:
A separately budgeted research grant from Rowan University funded this study. I thank Don Hantula for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript.
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - This study examined the effect of a computer-based instruction package on college students' knowledge about eating disorders, and how level of active participation during instruction influenced learning and satisfaction. Interactivity (the amount the participant actively responded to the computer-based instructional program) varied in three conditions: 0%, 50%, and 100%. Overall, the instructional package increased knowledge about eating disorders, and the 100% condition resulted in worse performance than 0% or 50% condition, and the 50% interactivity condition was worse than 0%. Participants in the interactive conditions reported being less satisfied with aspects of the instruction. The effects of interactivity, a unique aspect of computer-based instruction, are not as simple and direct as might be expected.
AB - This study examined the effect of a computer-based instruction package on college students' knowledge about eating disorders, and how level of active participation during instruction influenced learning and satisfaction. Interactivity (the amount the participant actively responded to the computer-based instructional program) varied in three conditions: 0%, 50%, and 100%. Overall, the instructional package increased knowledge about eating disorders, and the 100% condition resulted in worse performance than 0% or 50% condition, and the 50% interactivity condition was worse than 0%. Participants in the interactive conditions reported being less satisfied with aspects of the instruction. The effects of interactivity, a unique aspect of computer-based instruction, are not as simple and direct as might be expected.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chb.2004.03.029
DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2004.03.029
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33646130410
SN - 0747-5632
VL - 22
SP - 1059
EP - 1066
JO - Computers in Human Behavior
JF - Computers in Human Behavior
IS - 6
ER -