foster this goal. For example, Beichner (1994) states that at the junior high school level, hypermedia can be used to teach students self-learning methods.
Specifically, through the use of multimedia, a group of junior high school students taught themselves several science topics. Further, Beichner reported that the main motivation of students in learning these topics was the task itself. In other words, they self-learned because they were motivated by the learning task.
Hypermedia is currently being used in the classroom to improve students writing skills. In this regard, Rada (1994) states that a collaborative hypermedia system, called Multiple Users Creating Hypermedia, was used to assess students in learning the authoring process. Specifically, students used the annotation facility of the system to comment on other students work with the result that through their own comments, they were able to improve their performance.
The use of hypermedia in the contemporary educational system for the purposes of individualized instructi
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