Reduced GUI for an interactive geometry software: Does it affect students' performance?
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Highlights：
• We investigated whether a reduced interface of an interactive geometry software helps to increase students' performance.
• We designed 60 tasks to be completed with two different interfaces, a complete and a reduced version, for the same software.
• We carried out an experiment involving 69 undergraduate students, randomly assigned to one of the interfaces.
• The experimental results indicate that the reduced interface helps novice users to perform slightly better.
• After receiving proper training, however, a complete interface makes users more productive using a complete interface.
摘要
•We investigated whether a reduced interface of an interactive geometry software helps to increase students' performance.•We designed 60 tasks to be completed with two different interfaces, a complete and a reduced version, for the same software.•We carried out an experiment involving 69 undergraduate students, randomly assigned to one of the interfaces.•The experimental results indicate that the reduced interface helps novice users to perform slightly better.•After receiving proper training, however, a complete interface makes users more productive using a complete interface.
论文关键词：Interactive geometry software,iGeom,Graphical user interface,Experimental study,Interactive learning environment
论文评审过程：Received 19 January 2015, Revised 29 July 2015, Accepted 30 July 2015, Available online 14 August 2015, Version of Record 14 August 2015.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.064
