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[|5 ways to make linear navigation more interesting]
Posted by Cathy Moore on 28 February 2008

The slide show (view using link above) suggests that you encourage users to: Pause ... Think ... **Want** to click the 'Continue' button!

How can you do this? 5 suggestions:
 * 1. Ask a question**
 * related to prior learning
 * to prompt a prediction/hypothesis
 * to ask for advice
 * avoid yes/no questions
 * avoid questions the user doesn't care about
 * 2. Use an incomplete sentence**
 * Jenny changed the value of x and ...
 * Jenny thinks that increasing the denominator will make the fraction larger but ...
 * 3. Suggest a sequence; build a list**
 * First the square becomes larger. Then ...
 * 4. Compare and contrast**
 * show equation on screen 1 then graph on screen 2 then equation then graph then ...
 * 5. Create a dilemma**
 * The price of gas just increased! Will I still have enough money for my trip?