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Thank you for a well-put-together but very scary article.<br />
It's frightening how many adults can't perform some of these tasks!
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Thank you for a well-put-together but very scary article.
It's frightening how many adults can't perform some of these tasks!

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Can someone point me to &quot;official&quot; federal or &quot;expert&quot; documentation that says adults and high-school or even middle-school students need to learn correct UI terms (i.e. terms like &quot;drop-down list&quot;, &quot;dialog box launcher&quot;, etc. &nbsp;<br />
I'd appreciate any documentation about the importance of learning correct UI terminology.
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Can someone point me to "official" federal or "expert" documentation that says adults and high-school or even middle-school students need to learn correct UI terms (i.e. terms like "drop-down list", "dialog box launcher", etc.  
I'd appreciate any documentation about the importance of learning correct UI terminology.

Teaching/learning correct UI terminology (i.e. drop-down lists, dialog box launcher, etc.)

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UI/UX

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