Abstract

Describes a study of Australian secondary school students that identified the conditions and individual characteristics that would best support learners' acceptance of control within hypermedia, based on evidence from the learner control literature. Investigated effects of prior domain knowledge, learning activity structure, ability, and attitudes on acceptance of control opportunity and knowledge acquisition. (Contains 53 references.) (Author/LRW)

Citation

Tolhurst, D. & Debus, R.L. (2002). Influence of Prior Knowledge, Attitudes, Ability, and Activity Structure on Students' Learning and Use of Software. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 27(3), 275-313. Retrieved March 7, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/95074/.

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Keywords

• Academic Ability
• Computer Assisted Instruction
• Courseware
• Foreign Countries
• hypermedia
• Learner Controlled Instruction
• Learning Activities
• learning strategies
• Literature Reviews
• PRIOR LEARNING
• secondary education
• student attitudes
• Student Characteristics