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The Minimal Manual

By Jennifer Maddrell - Posted on 11 September 2006

The Minimal Manual
John M. Carroll, Penny L. Smith-Kerker, James R. Ford, Sandra A. Mazur-Rimetz

Human-Computer Interaction, 1987-1988, Vol. 3, No. 2, Pages 123-153

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Per abstract at LEA Online: "The Minimal Manual was designed to address difficulties people have with state-of-the-art self-instruction manuals in learning to use powerful computing devices. It is briefer; it helps learners to coordinate their attention between the system and the manual; it specifically trains error recognition and recovery; it better supports reference use after training. In two experiments, the Minimal Manual was shown to afford more efficient learning progress than an otherwise comparable, commercially developed self-instruction manual, and was superior in the specific areas predicted by its design."

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