High achievers will be engaged by challenging hypotheticals. On the other hand, the interactive links and the practice exercises can be particularly helpful to students who do not learn as quickly as their classmates. Additionally, electronic supplements are useful to students with different learning styles or modes of cognition. Analytic thinkers tend to reduce new information to its smallest component, while synthetic thinkers tend to relate new information to the larger whole. An electronic supplement utilizes both.
Some people receive information best auditorially while others learn best visually.
An electronic supplement adds an important visual component to the study of law. Moreover, it adds a tactile dimension to learning because it is interactive. Students' reactions to Tortorial were very positive. They liked the way it gave them access to the law and direction in their studies. Some were initially reluctant, but most students were pleased once the program was up and running.