Research Article

Identifying User Interaction Patterns in E-Textbooks

Table 1

Frequencies of term selection patterns by interface version. Differences to 100% are due to rounding.

TypeIndexConcept map

Select terms in order of appearance in the text24% (5)26% (6)
Select terms at the beginning and end of the text 0% (0)13% (3)
Select terms at the end of the text24% (5) 9% (2)
Select terms at the end of the text and backtrack to start10% (2) 4% (1)
Select terms at the beginning of the text only33% (7)35% (8)
Select terms at the middle of the text 5% (1)13% (3)
None of the above 5% (1) 0% (0)