Screen Captures for Study Materials Effects of color-coding and semantic mapping in a computer-based tutorial Gustavo Prestera, Roy Clariana, and Andrew Peck This slide deck contains a sampling of screen captures from the online treatment materials developed for this study. The slides are intended to give you a sense for what the study participants experienced. COLOR RESEARCH (3)

Screen Resolution Dialog The program detects the current screen resolution and raises this alert if it is something other than 800 x 600. The proctor clicks “Change” and the screen resolution is changed accordingly. It is changed back when the learner quits the program.

Study Introduction This is the first screen the participant sees.

Demographics This screen collects some basic demographic information about the participant.

Pre-Test A series of multiple-choice pre-test questions were administered.

Transition to Course Participants viewed this transition screen after the pre- test and before entering the course itself.

Course Introduction This screen introduces the course content, motivation.

Main Menus There were two menus: one for lesson group A (left) and one for lesson group B (right). Each lesson button rolls over, though only one is active at any given time. The message on the right is static throughout. Note: Both screen backgrounds were gray. For some reason, the screen capture color is slightly distorted for the screen on the left.

Content Screens Each lesson contained 4 screens with parallel structure: Overview, Major Distinctions, Implications, and Key Terms. Note that all content was gray scaled.

Fill-in Test (FIT) After completing all of the lesson screens within a particular lesson group, participants completed a fill-in- the-blank posttest. Alternate spellings were accounted for in the programming but a manual inspection was conducted as well.

Context Color Conditions Depending on treatment condition, participants experienced lesson and posttest screens with or without screen color. The screen color (or context color) refers in this case to the think blue border and the blue swirl on the right side.

Context Colors The same screen color assigned to each lesson is used again for each test item screen. Depending on the treatment condition, participants experienced the test items with or without screen color (context color).

Mapper Instructions Participants were given the following instructions before completing the semantic mapper exercise. This exercise was only administered in conjunction with the second lesson group.

Semantic Mappers Participants completed one of two semantic mapping exercises. At left is the mapper for lesson group A and at right is the one for lesson group B.

Transition to Questionnaires Participants viewed this screen once the course was completed and before they were asked to complete the various questionnaires.

Learner Feedback After completing the posttest, participants were asked to provide feedback on the course itself. This information is used to make modifications to the course for future studies.

Topic-Color Test (TCT) The learner is asked to match the appropriate color to each theory.

Color Blindness Test (CBT) A series of 6 color blindness test plates (left) were shown to participants. The summary screen (bottom right) gives the participant feedback.