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"Web pages should be dominated by content of interest to the user. Unfortunately, we see many sites that spend more screen space on navigation than they do on the information that supposedly caused the user to visit in the first place. Navigation is a necessary evil that is not a goal in itself and should be minimized." (3, pg. 18)
"As a rule of thumb, content should account for at least half of a page's design, and preferably closer to 80 percent. Navigation should be kept below 20 percent of the space for destination pages, although navigation options may account for much higher proportions of home pages and intermediate navigation pages." (3, pg. 22)
In educational web sites, there hopefully isn't any advertising, which can take up lots of page space. So, when designing web-based educational activities, or reviewing those made by others, try to stick by the above guidelines. Keep Navigation As Small As Possible!