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y goal structures in 6-year-olds and by aural presentation in 10-year-olds. Results will bediscussed within a developmental framework with reference to media comparison and mentaleffort theories.N 1831 August 2007 16:00 - 17:20Room: 0.83 EötvösPaper SessionComputer-supported learning environmentsChair:Loucas Louca, University of Cyprus, CyprusWhat’s the function of an electronic guidebook for museum learning? An in-depth analysis ofvisitors’ visiting behaviorYao-Ting Sung, National Taiwan Normal University, TaiwanYi-Hsuan Lee, National Taiwan Normal University, TaiwanKuo-En Chang, National Taiwan Normal University, TaiwanRuei-Lin Wang, National Taiwan Normal University, TaiwanMuseum is one of the most important institutions providing students to explore knowledge anddevelop different interest in an informal learning setting. As information and communicationtechnology becomes more popular, many researchers have also become concerned on how to usethis significant tool to support the museums’ functions of social education and lifelong learning.However, despite the popular use of mobile electronic guidebooks in museums, many fundamentalquestions, such as the roles visual/audio guidebooks play in visitors’ visiting, the systems’ efficacyin promoting the interaction between visitors and exhibits, if the guidebook will change visitors’behavior pattern, etc., remain unexplored. This study designed a mobile electronic guidebook andconducted an experiment to compare two visiting modes: visiting with the electronic guidebookand visiting without any supplementary tools. Twenty-two college students participated in thestudy were invited to visit the Tang Dynasty’s Tri-Color Glazed Pottery exhibition at the NationalMuseum of History. The results showed that the students with the electronic guidebook had onaverage a longer holding time with exhibits than the students without supplementary materials.The sequential analysis of visiting behaviors also showed that the students with the electronicguide system displayed more attentive, directional, and consistent behaviors in interacting to theexhibits.Content understanding using web information in secondary educationManoli Pifarre, Universität de Lleida, SpainIngrid Martorell, Universität de Lleida, SpainSusana Godia, Universität de Lleida, SpainEarly research on using Web information indicated that secondary students did not explore muchand used Web tools naively and they had high difficulties to understand and integrate Webinformation. In response to these challenges, the main goals of this research are addressed todesign, implement and evaluate and instructional approach that helps students learn from webinformation. We developed on-line learning materials which focus on specific curricular contents– 759 –