Hypertext and Cognition

Jean-François Rouet, Language and Communication Laboratory, University of Poitiers and CNRS, 95 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France., Jarmo J. Levonen, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, 3939 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA., Andrew Dillon, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA., Rand J. Spiro, Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 210b Education Building, MC 708, 1310 S. Sixth, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

• Contents: Preface. C.A. Perfetti, La Maison Hypertext. J-F. Rouet, J.J. Levonen, A. Dillon, R.J. Spiro, An Introduction to Hypertext and Cognition. J-F. Rouet, J.J. Levonen, Studying and Learning with Hypertext: Empirical Studies and Their Implications. A. Dillon, Myths, Misconceptions, and an Alternative Perspective on Information Usage and the Electronic Medium. M.A. Britt, J-F. Rouet, C.A. Perfetti, Using Hypertext to Study and Reason About Historical Evidence. D. Dee-Lucas, Effects of Overview Structure on Study Strategies and Text Representations for Instructional Hypertext. P.W. Foltz, Comprehension, Coherence, and Strategies in Hypertext and Linear Text. H. van Oostendorp, Studying and Annotating Electronic Text. E. Espéret, Notes on Hypertext, Cognition, and Language. C.A. Perfetti, Text and Hypertext.

"This volume represents a highly innovative attempt to lay the conceptual foundations for a rational approach to the design and evaluation of hypertext based on empirical and theoretical research concerned with the abilities, needs, and goals of potential users."—Contemporary Psychology"Rouet, Levonen, Dillon and Spiro have edited a very interesting volume addressing issues concerning hypertext and cognition. The book is small but comprehensive.—British Journal of Educational Psychology.""From this more general perspective, the positons stated in the book will hopefully survive several generations of technological innovations."—British Journal of Educational Psychology"Rouet, Levonen, Dillon and Spiro have edited a very interesting volume addressing issues concerning hypertext and cognition. Dillon's chapter on the myths and misconceptions of the implications of hypertext systems is enlightening and very well presented. Individually, the chapters provide eclectic snapshots of hypertextual effects, but taken together in this volume they begin to tell a consistent story..."—British Journal of Educational Psychology"Hypertext and Cognition consists in a series of articles that share an empirical, level-headed approach to hypertext and its potential uses. As such the volume makes an interesting and useful addition to the rapidly growing literature on this intriguing information technology."—Pragmatics & Cognition