Hypertext and the Study Strategies of Preservice Teachers: Issues in Instructional Hypertext Design

Anthony E. Kelly; Angela O'Donnell

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 10, No. 4 (1994) pp. 373–87

Describes research that investigated the study strategies of preservice teachers through the use of a hypertext program that monitored lecture note review strategies of individuals and dyads. Highlights include learning from lectures; the use of...

Extending a Tradition: Teacher Designed Computer-Based Games

Anthony E. Kelly; James B. O'Kelly

Journal of Computing in Childhood Education Vol. 5, No. 2 (1994) pp. 153–66

Notes that the emergence of powerful microcomputers, along with accessible authoring systems, allow teachers the opportunity to extend their classroom game design efforts into digital media. Argues that these efforts, for effective and efficient...

Emergent Literacy: Implications for the Design of Computer Writing Applications for Children

Anthony E. Kelly; James B. O'Kelly

Journal of Computing in Childhood Education Vol. 4, No. 1 (1993) pp. 3–14

Describes HyperTales, a computer-based writing application for emergent writers. Discusses principles of developmental literacy approaches which offer guidance for the design of computer-based emergent writing applications. (MM)

Using Hypermedia: Effects of Prior Knowledge

David A. Last; Angela M. O'Donnell; Anthony E. Kelly

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 488–491

The study reported here was an interview study of low and high prior knowledge students with strong or weak goals exploring a hypertext stack. We examined the influences of a student’s prior knowledge and desired goal on the difficulties and...

The Effects of Prior Knowledge and Goal Strength on the Use of Hypertext

David A. Last; Angela M. O’Donnell; Anthony E. Kelly

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 10, No. 1 (2001) pp. 3–25

The study examined the influences of a student's prior knowledge and desired goal on the difficulties and benefits associated with learning from hypertext. Twelve students from an undergraduate course in educational psychology par-ticipated in the...

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