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I developed an app for learning Chinese that requires the user to do fill-in-the-blank exercises. A word in the sentence will be blank, and the user has to select which options is correct. It looks like this:
Users seem to be able to understand what they are supposed to do there. However, some users are confused by exercises like this one:
They don't notice that the character for "two" is already present and that the blank should be filled with "twenty". Instead, they look for a button that has "twenty two" and are confused when they can't find it.
Is there a better way to present the exercise to make it more clear that they need to fill in the blank, rather than find the translation of "twenty two"?
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I developed an app for learning Chinese that requires the user to do fill-in-the-blank exercises. A word in the sentence will be blank, and the user has to select which options is correct. It looks like this:
Users seem to be able to understand what they are supposed to do there. However, some users are confused by exercises like this one:
They don't notice that the character for "two" is already present and that the blank should be filled with "twenty". Instead, they look for a button that has "twenty two" and are confused when they can't find it.
Is there a better way to present the exercise to make it more clear that they need to fill in the blank, rather than find the translation of "twenty two"?
usability affordance learning
asked 9 hours ago
Peter OlsonPeter Olson
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I question the premise: it seems to me that in both cases the users understood there was a blank that needed to be filled in. If the latter question had asked them to translate "twenty" there likely wouldn't have been any confusion. You may be dealing with the perception that 22 is single unit for translating; partly because it isn't part of a longer sentence, and partly because you wouldn't ask them to translate only the "law" part of "lawyer".
– Nathan Rabe
7 hours ago
I would blame the number two, for being a couple of lines that are easy to miss.
– Ángel
38 mins ago
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I developed an app for learning Chinese that requires the user to do fill-in-the-blank exercises. A word in the sentence will be blank, and the user has to select which options is correct. It looks like this:
Users seem to be able to understand what they are supposed to do there. However, some users are confused by exercises like this one:
They don't notice that the character for "two" is already present and that the blank should be filled with "twenty". Instead, they look for a button that has "twenty two" and are confused when they can't find it.
Is there a better way to present the exercise to make it more clear that they need to fill in the blank, rather than find the translation of "twenty two"?
usability affordance learning
asked 9 hours ago
Peter OlsonPeter Olson
2,3773 gold badges14 silver badges23 bronze badges
I developed an app for learning Chinese that requires the user to do fill-in-the-blank exercises. A word in the sentence will be blank, and the user has to select which options is correct. It looks like this:
Users seem to be able to understand what they are supposed to do there. However, some users are confused by exercises like this one:
They don't notice that the character for "two" is already present and that the blank should be filled with "twenty". Instead, they look for a button that has "twenty two" and are confused when they can't find it.
Is there a better way to present the exercise to make it more clear that they need to fill in the blank, rather than find the translation of "twenty two"?
usability affordance learning
usability affordance learning
asked 9 hours ago
Peter OlsonPeter Olson
2,3773 gold badges14 silver badges23 bronze badges
asked 9 hours ago
Peter OlsonPeter Olson
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asked 9 hours ago
Peter OlsonPeter Olson
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asked 9 hours ago
Peter OlsonPeter Olson
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Peter OlsonPeter Olson
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I question the premise: it seems to me that in both cases the users understood there was a blank that needed to be filled in. If the latter question had asked them to translate "twenty" there likely wouldn't have been any confusion. You may be dealing with the perception that 22 is single unit for translating; partly because it isn't part of a longer sentence, and partly because you wouldn't ask them to translate only the "law" part of "lawyer".
– Nathan Rabe
7 hours ago
I would blame the number two, for being a couple of lines that are easy to miss.
– Ángel
38 mins ago
add a comment |
I question the premise: it seems to me that in both cases the users understood there was a blank that needed to be filled in. If the latter question had asked them to translate "twenty" there likely wouldn't have been any confusion. You may be dealing with the perception that 22 is single unit for translating; partly because it isn't part of a longer sentence, and partly because you wouldn't ask them to translate only the "law" part of "lawyer".
– Nathan Rabe
7 hours ago
I would blame the number two, for being a couple of lines that are easy to miss.
– Ángel
38 mins ago
I question the premise: it seems to me that in both cases the users understood there was a blank that needed to be filled in. If the latter question had asked them to translate "twenty" there likely wouldn't have been any confusion. You may be dealing with the perception that 22 is single unit for translating; partly because it isn't part of a longer sentence, and partly because you wouldn't ask them to translate only the "law" part of "lawyer".
– Nathan Rabe
7 hours ago
I question the premise: it seems to me that in both cases the users understood there was a blank that needed to be filled in. If the latter question had asked them to translate "twenty" there likely wouldn't have been any confusion. You may be dealing with the perception that 22 is single unit for translating; partly because it isn't part of a longer sentence, and partly because you wouldn't ask them to translate only the "law" part of "lawyer".
– Nathan Rabe
7 hours ago
I would blame the number two, for being a couple of lines that are easy to miss.
– Ángel
38 mins ago
I would blame the number two, for being a couple of lines that are easy to miss.
– Ángel
38 mins ago
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You could suggest a shape that matches the choices below, and use a color to suggest interactivity.
Then, to match that, make a hover state that matches the area above:
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You may need to add any signal (icon or graphic) showing where the beginning of the area to be completed is, in this way you will avoid leaving orphan the incomplete areas at the beginning of the paragraph.
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You could suggest a shape that matches the choices below, and use a color to suggest interactivity.
Then, to match that, make a hover state that matches the area above:
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You could suggest a shape that matches the choices below, and use a color to suggest interactivity.
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You could suggest a shape that matches the choices below, and use a color to suggest interactivity.
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You may need to add any signal (icon or graphic) showing where the beginning of the area to be completed is, in this way you will avoid leaving orphan the incomplete areas at the beginning of the paragraph.
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I question the premise: it seems to me that in both cases the users understood there was a blank that needed to be filled in. If the latter question had asked them to translate "twenty" there likely wouldn't have been any confusion. You may be dealing with the perception that 22 is single unit for translating; partly because it isn't part of a longer sentence, and partly because you wouldn't ask them to translate only the "law" part of "lawyer".
– Nathan Rabe
7 hours ago
I would blame the number two, for being a couple of lines that are easy to miss.
– Ángel
38 mins ago