An Apple Macintosh HyperCard interactive educational program was designed to train social
work graduate students in making accurate diagnoses with DSM-III-R Axis II diagnostic criteria.
The teaching efficacy of this hypermedia program (HyperAxis II) was tested in an experiment
in which 22 first-year social work graduate students were randomly assigned to one of two
groups. One group used HyperAxis II, whereas the second group used a training manual con
taining the same information. Both groups had statistically significant increases in diagnostic
speed and accuracy. Although the HyperAxis II group rated the computer program more difficult
to use than the control group rated the training manual, they demonstrated significantly stronger
liking for the computer program as an instructional medium.
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