Individualizing Instruction in a Web-Based Hypermedia Learning Environment: Nonlinearity, Advance Organizers, and Self-Regulated Learners

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Mcmanus, T.F. (2000). Individualizing Instruction in a Web-Based Hypermedia Learning Environment: Nonlinearity, Advance Organizers, and Self-Regulated Learners. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 11(2), 219-251. Charlottesville, VA: AACE.
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Journal of Interactive Learning Research
ISSN 1093-023X
Volume 11, Issue 2, 2000
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)  Charlottesville, VA

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Thomas Fox Mcmanus, Saginaw Valley Sate University,

Abstract

This study attempted to determine what combination of nonlin-earity and advance organizers worked best for learners with giv-en levels of self-regulation. While the results of the study showed no significant main effects or interactions, there were two near significant interactions: between nonlinearity and self-regulated learning (p = 0.054), and between nonlinearity and ad-vance organizers (p = 0.052). These results strongly suggest that highly self-regulating learners learn poorly in mostly linear web-based hypermedia learning environments, where they have very few choices, while medium self-regulating learners learn poorly in highly nonlinear environments where they are given too many choices. The results also strongly suggest that advance organiz-ers are more effective in highly nonlinear web-based hypermedia learning environments than in mostly linear environments. While not conclusive, the results of this study support further research.

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