Summary

This review article combines the information of serveral studies concerning the advantages of hypertext over linear text. The main uses are general reading, learning and information retrieval. It turns out that there is "...no consistent evidence for the advantage of hypertext over linear presentation formats."

Best Things

Very good review. Lots of studies are included, but there is still enough information to show what's going on. Also, the text is well structured.

Improvements

There is quite some information in this article. Some overview or summary tables would have been useful.

Question to Author

Some suggestions for further studies are made. What is their status?

Article Questions

1. Is hypertext useful for information retrieval? Why?

2. What is cognitive monitoring? Why is it important?

My Opinion

Very good article. Must be read at least 3 times to get the most important points out of it.