Associating learners' cognitive style with their navigation behaviors: A data-mining approach

Yung Chi Hsu, Sherry Y. Chen

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Abstract

Investigating how learners' individual differences affect their navigation behavior can help us understand learners' preferences and can be used to develop the Web-based learning system that can meet learners' needs. Among various individual differences, learners' cognitive styles need to be considered because it is concerned how users process information. There is also a need to examine the relationship between their navigation behavior and performance because such findings can be used to suggest suitable navigation tools to meet learners' real needs. To this end, the aims of this study tend to use a data mining approach to not only investigate the relationship between learners' cognitive styles and their navigation behavior but also analyze how their navigation behavior influence performance. The results indicate that holists and serialists have different navigation behavior. However, there is no direct relationship between learning performance and navigation behavior.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHuman-Computer Interaction
Subtitle of host publicationUsers and Applications - 14th International Conference, HCI International 2011, Proceedings
Pages27-34
Number of pages8
EditionPART 4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2011 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 9 Jul 201114 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 4
Volume6764 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period9/07/1114/07/11

Keywords

  • cognitive styles
  • Data mining
  • learning performance
  • navigation behavior

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