Study 2:
Evaluating beginning reading software
The second study that we will talk about is EVALUATING BEGINNING READING SOFTWARE FOR AT-RISK LEARNERS. This study focus on feature that should this software contain which is interface design. Reading software programs are programs for children with reading difficulties. To attain grade-level expectations, students at risk of reading failure require carefully designed instruction—instruction that is quantitatively and qualitatively more intensive than traditional K–3 curricula. To insure that there is no gap between reading education and instructional technology, this study evaluate a feature which is interface design which contain also : content delivered, and instructional design.About interface design criteria :the “contact surface” between the computer and the user is a software program’s interface. The interface should supply access to the program’s functionality. It the interface of an instructional software program should empower learning of the material, not require additional learning effort. there are three critical components can help us to evaluate interface design.
These component are :·
aesthetics·
operational support·
interactions
aesthetics:
If the program used media or not ( graphic, text, animation, vedio, sound) in ways that hance experince :
1- The media used is high quality.
2- Screens are lead out in well organized ways.
3- Screens are neither overly simulating nor boring.
4- The "Look and feel " of this program is likely to be pleasing to the learner
5- learner is able to modify the interface according to individual prefernces.
operational support
will the pre-reading learner be able to used the program with little help from adults ?
1- All opertional instructions are supplied auditory within the program
2- opertional instructions can be reveiwed.
3- instructions supplied within the program will be helpfulto the intended audience.
4- The interface take advantage of what learners already know.
5- Things on screen are what they appear to be and function as expected
interactions
Is the learner the primary driving force behind what happens in the program ?
1- the learner rarly sits passively as the program does things.
2-interaction are frequent
3- the learner interacts directly with screen objects
5- learner interaction make a substansive differnce in what the program is doing.
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also , this study evaluate other features which areinstructional design, and beginning reading content, but I focuse in one feature which are interface design.
