The purpose of this paper is to examine some effects of four menu types: icon menu, icontext menu, pulldown menu, and bar selection menu. In order to find whether there are some effects of menu types of learning stages(the first, intermediate and the ...
The purpose of this paper is to examine some effects of four menu types: icon menu, icontext menu, pulldown menu, and bar selection menu. In order to find whether there are some effects of menu types of learning stages(the first, intermediate and the last stage)_ on skill-based errors, each of the menus has been studied in relation to hypermedia instruction, menu search time, scholastic achievements and learners'' metacognition on their errors. A further purpose of this paper is to suggest some strategies for enabling learner to select menus more efficiently in order to enhance the learner''s own learning effectiveness in hypermedia instruction. The results of this study are as follows. The menu types had a significant effect on the low metacognition group. The bar-selection menu type and the icon menu type had a relatively significant effect on skill-based errors in the first stage of learning.