Towards Reducing Cognitive Load and Enhancing Usability through a Reduced Graphical User Interface for a Dynamic Geometry System: An Experimental Study

2012 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia Pub Date : 2012-12-10 DOI:10.1109/ISM.2012.91

H. Reis, S. S. Borges, Vinicius H. S. Durelli, Luis Fernando de S. Moro, A. Brandão, E. Barbosa, L. O. Brandão, Seiji Isotani, P. Jaques, I. Bittencourt

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The interface is the main mechanism of communication between user and system features. In educational software, successful user interface designs minimize the cognitive load on users, thereby users can direct their efforts to maximize their understanding of the educational concepts being presented. We investigated whether a reduced interface make few cognitive demands on users in comparison to a complete interface. In this context, this research aims at analyzing a reduced and a complete interface of an interactive geometry software, and verify the educational benefits they provide. To this end, we designed the interfaces and carried out an experiment involving 69 undergraduate students. The experimental results indicate that an interface that hides advanced and extraneous features helps novice users to perform slightly better than novice users using a complete interface. After receiving proper training, however, a complete interface makes users more productive than a reduced interface.

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通过减少动态几何系统的图形用户界面来减少认知负荷和提高可用性:一项实验研究

界面是用户与系统功能之间沟通的主要机制。在教育软件中，成功的用户界面设计可以最大限度地减少用户的认知负荷，从而使用户可以引导他们的努力，最大限度地理解所呈现的教育概念。我们研究了与完整的界面相比，简化的界面是否对用户产生了很少的认知需求。在此背景下，本研究旨在分析一个简化和完整的交互式几何软件界面，并验证它们提供的教育效益。为此，我们设计了界面，并对69名本科生进行了实验。实验结果表明，与使用完整界面的新手相比，隐藏高级和无关功能的界面有助于新手用户的表现略好。然而，在接受适当的培训之后，一个完整的界面比一个简化的界面更能让用户提高工作效率。

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