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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Instructional Design

Background:

  • Instructional materials often cause user frustration.
  • Effective performance depends on users building mental models from instructions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate methods for improving the quality of assembly instructions.
  • To derive design principles by empowering users as instruction designers.

Main Methods:

  • Participants assembled an object and subsequently created assembly instructions.
  • Instructions were created using text alone or text with diagrams.
  • Some participants were tasked with creating concise, essential instructions.

Main Results:

  • User-generated instructions exhibited a clear narrative structure (introduction, middle, end).
  • The core instruction sequence involved step-by-step actions on parts, often depicted visually.
  • Diagrams were considered essential, with redundancy in depiction and description being beneficial.

Conclusions:

  • Empowering users as designers yields effective instruction principles.
  • Narrative structure and visual aids are crucial for clear explanations.
  • These principles can enhance various forms of instructional content.