Novice learners demonstrate marked difficulty in using reading-study systems to read academic textbooks. One notable problem is that the process and constructed knowledge is complex. Novice learners are required to exert considerable effort in applying the process and in remembering the knowledge, resulting in lower motivation and fewer cognitive resources for reading. This study develops an e-...

It is acknowledged that various types of thematic maps emphasize different aspects mapped phenomena and thus support map users’ tasks. To provide empirical evidence, a user study with 366 participants was carried out comparing three showing the same input data. The aim to compare effect using choropleth, graduated symbols, isoline solve basic Three metrics were examined: two performance (answer...

Our research goal was to determine which choropleth classification methods are most suitable for epidemiological rate maps. We compared seven methods using responses by fifty-six subjects in a two-part experiment involving nine series of U.S. mortality maps. Subjects answered a wide range of general map-reading questions that involved individual maps and comparisons among maps in a series. The ...

This study investigated the influence of reading time while building a closed concept map on comprehension and retention. It also effect having access to text during creation Participants from Amazon Mechanical Turk (N =101) read text, took an after-text test, part in one three conditions, “Map & Text”, only”, “Double after-activity followed by two-week retention period then final delayed test....

Mobile maps show the current position of a map reader in their center. We will question this convention, which is in our opinion a relict from paper maps. We observe that, in contrast to paper maps, mobile maps have a narrower purpose and mobile devices have a different affordance and handling. This observation encourages thinking of a map design that allows an embodied experience of map readin...

We administered map-reading tasks in which participants navigated an array of marks on the floor by following paths on hand-held maps that made up to nine turns. The burden on memory was minimal because the map was always available. Nevertheless, because the map was held in a fixed position in relation to the body, spatial computations were continually needed to transform map coordinates into g...

Cartographers’ main objective in map design is to create in the mind of a map reader (i.e. user) an abstraction of the real world appropriate to the map’s purpose. The final result depends, not only on the cartographers’, but also users’ skills and ways to perceive, as well as on the map usage situation. Interruptions during map reading process of mobile maps occur, when the conceptual models o...